sprung

Etymology

verb

1. simple past and past participle of spring

adj

1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest.
   I like big butts and I cannot lie. / You other brothers can’t deny / that when a girl walks in / with a itty bitty waist / and a round thing in your face you get sprung. 1992, “Baby Got Back”, in Sir Mix-a-Lot (music), Mack Daddy
   […] / ’Cause your love got the best of me, / And baby, you’re making a fool of me. / You got me sprung and I don’t care who sees, / ’Cause baby, you got me so crazy. 2003, “Crazy In Love”, in Beyoncé et al. (music), Dangerously in Love
   ’Cause I’m sprung over you / And ain’t nothin’ I can do / […] / Thoughts of you fill my head / […] 2005, “Sprung”, in Mariah Carey et al. (music), The Emancipation of Mimi, bonus track in some editions
   My lips like sugar. / This candy got you sprung. 2009, “Sugar”, in Flo Rida et al. (music), R.O.O.T.S.
2. (Australia, slang) Caught doing something illegal or against the rules.
   `Sprung!' cried Jeff Basin, the local dubbo. 1979, Gabrielle Carey, Kathy Lette, Puberty Blues, page 46
3. (obsolete, nautical, of a spar) cracked or strained.
4. (slang, dated) drunk.
5. Fitted or cushioned with springs.
   a sprung mattress
   the sprung weight of a vehicle