Pronounced: TWEEP, noun
Notes: This word is specialized; some people may know this word (I didn’t)
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The word sprattle means, as a noun, “a scramble or struggle”. As a verb it means “to scramble or struggle”
First usage
Our word came into English around 1500
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Scottish word sprattle, which came from switching the sounds in the word spartle (to scatter).
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