upspring
Plural: upsprings
Verb
Verb Forms: upsprang, upsprung, upspringing, upsprings
- To spring or leap upward suddenly.
- To spring up, rise up, originate, come into being.
Noun
- A spring or leap into the air.
- origin
Examples
- A new strategy would upspring in his mind whenever his old one failed.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English upspringen, from Old English uppspringan, ūpspringan, equivalent to up- + spring.
Synonyms
arise, be born, bound, come into being, come into existence, jump, leap, parvenu, spring, spring up, sprout, upstart
Scrabble Score: 13
upspring: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordupspring: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
upspring: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary