- spartle
- To flounder and flail about
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
spartle
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spartle — spart|le vb., r, de, t; spartle en væg … Dansk ordbog
spartle — spar·tle … English syllables
spartle — ˈspärtəl intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Dutch spartelen, from Middle Dutch spartelen, spertelen, sportelen; akin to Middle Low German spartelen, sportelen, spertelen to sprawl, thrash about, Old High German sprazzalōn, Norwegian… … Useful english dictionary
sprattle — /sprat l/, n. Scot. a struggle; fight. [1815 25; metathetic var. of spartle to scatter, itself alter. of sparple (ME < OF esparpeiller < ?)] * * * … Universalium
spartel — spar|tel sb., spartlen, spartler, spartlerne (redskab til at spartle med) (jf. spatel) … Dansk ordbog
sprattle — /sprat l/, n. Scot. a struggle; fight. [1815 25; metathetic var. of spartle to scatter, itself alter. of sparple (ME < OF esparpeiller < ?)] … Useful english dictionary
