springing

noun

spring·​ing ˈspriŋ-iŋ 

1

: spring sense 5

2

: a point where an arch rises from its support

Examples of springing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Carried forward to the new year, the next year, sorry, where it's kind of treated as springing to life again in the next year and going into that computation again. —Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025

At the second immunity challenge of the episode, the remaining five players had to move through another obstacle course and balance balls on top of each other while balancing on a precarious springing board. —Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024

Spring is springing, mercury retrograde is retrograding, and the R29 shopping team is — surprise — shopping. —Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 5 Apr. 2024

The company has extended its Accounts Receivable Securitization Program maturity date to October 15, 2027, with provisions for a springing maturity date under certain conditions. —Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for springing

• bringing
• clinging
• flinging
• hinging
• ringing
• singing
• slinging
• stinging
• stringing
• swinging
• winging
• wringing