spring

/spɹɪŋ/verb

To leap or jump suddenly, or to appear or shoot out quickly.

Example sentence

“The cat sprang onto the windowsill in one smooth motion.”

Irregular: sprang, sprung. Common in 'spring to mind', 'spring into action', and 'spring a surprise on someone'.

Related words

geyserA natural hot spring that regularly shoots columns of steam and boiling water into the air.brookA small, natural stream of flowing water, smaller than a river.reefA ridge of rock, coral, or sand lying just below or at the surface of the sea.creekA small flowing body of fresh water, usually smaller than a river, though in Australia the word can describe much larger watercourses.coralA small sea animal of the class Anthozoa that lives in colonies and usually builds a hard chalky skeleton; also the colony such animals form.lagoonA stretch of shallow water cut off from the open sea by a strip of sand, rock, or reef.