Sprit

What do we mean by sprit?

A pole that extends diagonally across a fore-and-aft sail from the lower part of the mast to the peak of the sail. noun

A bowsprit. noun

To sprout; bud; germinate, as barley steeped for malt.

To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; eject; spurt.

A rush: same as sprat, 1. noun

See the quotation. noun

A sprout; a shoot. noun

A stick; a pole; especially, a boatman's pole. noun

Nautical: noun

A small pole, spar, or boom which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate. noun

The bowsprit. noun

To split.

To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt. intransitive verb

To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out. transitive verb

A shoot; a sprout. noun

A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate. noun

A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats. noun

A light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally noun

A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.

A shoot; a sprout.

Words that are spelled similarly to sprit:
sprit, spirit, split, spit, esprit, sprint, sprat, sprig, scrit, spruit, sprot, prit, sarit, spri, spait, spret, sprt, sprut.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word sprit:
topmast, pernod, topsail, bowsprit, mainsail, jib, spurt, mast, rigs, sail, rigged, rig, boom, brands, boats, owner, owned, end.

Words that rhyme with sprit:
cut, that, nut, but, what, butt, shut, gut, undercut, strut, abut, rut, smut, glut, robot, haute, chestnut, slut, hut, rebut, somewhat, walnut, donut, mutt, shortcut, tut, peanut, doughnut, scuttlebutt, coconut, haircut, jut, netiquette, putt, hazelnut, uncut, clearcut, tutt, turbot, all but, phut, knut, scrit, groundnut, wing nut, qubit, kut, gutt, skutt, hutt, betel nut, monkey nut, nutt, horse chestnut, macadamia nut, brazil nut, crew cut, rutt, water butt, dutt, water chestnut, pine nut, nissen hut, scutt, jump cut, chesnut, fingerhut, chesnutt, green smut, hickory nut, pistachio nut, cashew nut, schutt, stinking smut, black walnut, cola nut, pay cut, mcnutt, schutte, english walnut, jelly doughnut, blind gut, false smut, queensland nut, ivory nut, satin walnut, boil smut, chinese chestnut, american chestnut, apple nut, sweet chestnut, taxcut, wackenhut, white walnut, american sweet chestnut, liver chestnut, chinese water chestnut, rifle butt, rush nut, cigarette butt.

Adjectives that are often used to describe sprit:
evil, new, half, true, human, young, entrepreneurial, huge, free, great, same, common, long, diagonal, holy, short, right, horizontal, national, high, nixt, sail.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective sprit:
sail, sails, yard, topsail, shrouds, binnings, sailyard, end.

Consonant match to sprit:
sprout, sprite, sprat, spright, sproat, spruit, sprott, spratt.

Words that sound like sprit:
spree, sprit, spri, spurry, spray, spry, sprue, sprew, sprow, spro, spru, sorry, sperm, spur, spurs, spirt, spurt, spurn, sari, surrey, sary, sory, spurred, sprees, esprit, sperry, osprey, spred, sri, spi, spee, saree, sper, spary, spor, spie, spea, surry, sry, spurge, spre, sprt, spiri, spurr, srry, spr, sree, seris, spors, spreed, spert, sperl, spurrier, saari, spreen, sirree, sperse, spiry, sparry, ciri, ssri, speary, sarre, sperme, tspr, sperge, sprm, opry, apri, apre, apery, epri, cere, sby, sbe, saury, sarro, sarra, saro, cira, saru, seery, saray, saara, sarie, sebree, sbee, cypre, saraa, hspa, sabry, ospray, cerri, cirri, aspro, c.p.u, sbi, cerrie, ispra, psora.