sprunkled tyres

The meaning of the word 'sprunkled'

@maggiesunjuan (554)

China

February 27, 2023 8:48pm CST

Hi everyone. I encountered this new word while guiding my students reading a novel Walk Two Moons. The plot was like, the heroine's grandpa stole the senator's spare tires and got caught, so he explained like "We had flat and sprunkled tyres...." I can understand what he meant but I cannot find this word in any dictionary, could anyone who is familiar with this word explain it to me? I just hope I could figure out what it is. Thanks.

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@GoAskAlice (5829)

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28 Feb 23

I do not think it is an actual word, I think it may have been created by the author.

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@jstory07 (139974)

• Roseburg, Oregon

28 Feb 23

All I could find was to sprunk something on food which makes no sense to me.

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@maggiesunjuan (554)

• China

28 Feb 23

LOL, I could not figure it out either. Anyhow, thanks a lot Judy.

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@JudyEv (342088)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Feb 23

It sounds like the past tense of 'sprinkled' to me.

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@Icydoll (36717)

• India

28 Feb 23

It sounds me the same

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@Lignitecityabishek96 (7119)

• Cuddalore, India

28 Feb 23

Couldn't find it.