spark
/ˈspɑɹk/ verb C2- To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
- To light; to kindle.
- To give off a spark or sparks.
- To shoot; to fire
He/she/it sparks · Past sparked · Past participle sparked · -ing form sparking
Verb forms
- Base form
- spark
- He/she/it
- sparks
- Past
- sparked
- Past participle
- sparked
- -ing form
- sparking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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At first it was but a lurid spark upon the stone pavement.
Then it was withdrawn as suddenly as it appeared, and all was dark again save the single lurid spark which marked a chink between the stones.
Phillips said Minnie Andrews was a model pupil and there isn’t a spark of imagination or life in her.
I rubbed one of them on my sleeve, however, and it glowed afterwards like a spark in the dark hollow of my hand.
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