| n. | 1. | A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright. |
| 2. | An elf; a fairy; a goblin. | |
| 3. | (Zool.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. |
| Noun | 1. | sprite - small, human in form, playful, having magical powers |
| 1. | (operating system) | Sprite - An operating system from Berkeley
supporting multiprocessing and distributed files. | |
| 2. | (graphics, file format) | sprite - A small bitmap image, often used in animated games but also sometimes used as a synonym for icon. |