Definitions for Springy
ˈsprɪŋ ispringy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springyadjective

   elastic; rebounds readily

   "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"

2. springyadjective

   (of movements) light and confidently active

   "he walked away with a springy step"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. springyadjective

   That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.

   The soft peat was springy under her feet.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Springyadjective

   Etymology: from springe.

   1. Elastick; having the power of restoring itself.

   Had not the Maker wrought the springy frame,
   Such as it is to fan the vital flame,
   The blood, defrauded of its nitrous food,
   Had cool’d and languish’d in th’ arterial road;
   While the tir’d heart had strove, with fruitless pain,
   To push the lazy tide along the vein. Richard Blackmore, Creation.

   This vast contraction and expansion seems unintelligible, by feigning the particles of air to be springy and ramous, or rolled up like hoops, or by any other means than a repulsive power. Newton.

   Though the bundle of fibres which constitute the muscles may be small, the fibres may be strong and springy. Arbuthnot.

   If our air had not been a springy body, no animal could have exercised the very function of respiration; and yet the ends of respiration are not served by that springiness, but by some other unknown quality. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

   2. [From spring.]Full of springs or fountains. Not used.

   Where the sandy or gravelly lands are springy or wet, rather marl them for grass than corn. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Springy

   resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step

2. Springy

   abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land

3. Etymology: [From Spring.]

Anagrams for Springy »

1. spy ring

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Springy in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Springy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Springy in a Sentence

1. Tiger Woods:

   I struggled with my speed all day, it's weird. The greens are slow. They're springy and firm. That's not a combination you would expect. I struggled making the adjustments today.

2. John Rogers:

   We are also using these ideas to form helical, springy metal interconnect coils and antennas for soft electronic devices designed to integrate with the human body.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Springy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Springy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Springy
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Springy