springer
pronunciation
How to pronounce springer in British English:
UK ['sprɪŋə]
How to pronounce springer in American English:
US ['sprɪŋə]
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- Noun:
- the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs
- a cow about to give birth
- a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white
Word Origin
- springer (n.)
- "one who or that which leaps," mid-14c. (late 12c. as a surname), agent noun from spring (v.). As a type of spaniel, 1808, so called from being used originally to rouse (that is, to "spring") game.
Example
- 1. At springer rapid , he had from the outset bought expensive german-made machine tools .
- 2. Cell-therapy researcher matthew springer took this snapshot of growing amoebas -- magnified a hundred times -- as part of his postdoctoral research at stanford university .
- 3. German media company axel springer ag recently inserted a touchcode card in the icon magazine that is distributed with the publisher 's sunday newspaper , welt am sonntag .
- 4. The summer after high school , afflicted with a serious case of boredom , I would often spend my time baking away pool side , or watching jerry springer or maury show at my then girlfriend 's house .
- 5. This is the first volume of a trilogy republished by springer , if you are serious about calculus , you may want to also consider the other two more advanced volumes : volume ii / 1 and volume ii / 2 .