sparring
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɑːɹɪŋ/
Noun
sparring (countable and uncountable, plural sparrings)
- The act of one who spars.
- 2010, Kenneth Tucker, Shakespeare and Jungian Typology: A Reading of the Plays (page 48)
- Albeit he is under the influence of the magic juice, Lysander's words to Hermia — once he has switched his romantic allegiance to Helena — are bitter, cruel. At times Benedick and Beatrice's verbal sparrings drip with an acidity that smarts.
- 2010, Kenneth Tucker, Shakespeare and Jungian Typology: A Reading of the Plays (page 48)
Spanish
Further reading
- “sparring”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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