spring up

to appear or develop suddenly; to sprout, as with a seedling. We knew it was really spring when all the flowers sprang up. It seems as if the tulips sprang up overnight. The dog's ears sprang up when the refrigerator opened.

spring up

1. To move suddenly upward on or as if on a spring: The box opened and the puppet sprang up. The contestants sprang up from the crowd when their names were called.

2. To appear or come into being quickly: New shopping malls were springing up rapidly on what was once farmland.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eidel	-	Yiddish
Ealhhere	-	Anglo-Saxon
Ctirad	-	Czech, Slovak
Bernardita	-	Spanish
Giancarlo	jahn-KAHR-lo	Italian
Brankica	-	Croatian, Serbian