sparring

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑːɹɪŋ/

sparring

1. present participle and gerund of spar

sparring (countable and uncountable, plural sparrings)

1. 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.

sparring m (uncountable)

1. sparring

• “sparring”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Borrowed from English sparring. First attested in 1921. By surface analysis, sparra +‎ -ing.

sparring c

1. sparring (the act of one who spars)
2. sparring partner

• sparring in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker