spark
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2.1
- noun
- /spɑrk/
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chispa
- Looking closely, there are small holes in her shirt where sparks have landed.
- spark plug
- electric spark
- spark ignition
And at the first sign of a spark kaboom, the ship would blow up.
- And at the first sign of a spark kaboom, the ship would blow up.
- There is no technology that can predict where the sparks will appear.
- If you have sparks, having more wood around could be a problem.
- Then you get your little fire starters, bam, get a little spark, some Tinder, get a nice little fire going.
- There were planes flying at night that would would spin and make sparks and go up into the air.
- It's like Saint Elmo's fire on it, you know, like little sparks.
- And it's infused with these high, shiny pink sparks.
- You can't hear it, but a spark, spark, spark.
- It's small fire in a world where only a few fallen sparks persist.
- There's no spark plug, Air, fuel, compressed spark.
Examples
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During the storm, I saw a spark of electricity shoot from the power line.
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Neighbors say the first sparks were seen just past 9:00, and it wasn't until 10:00 that the fire began to take hold of the cul-de-sac.
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The switch is closed by a spark across this gap.
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Get ready for the sparks to fly.
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a little spark flew across the island and landed right here.
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I'm still getting a few sparks, but it's greatly reduced.
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As he opened his eyes, he saw many fiery sparks in the room.
Academic text (2017) -
Jobber's red hair crackled with yellow sparks, and the room reeked with a metallic odor.
Fiction book (1991) -
The discovery and optical identification of Sco X-1 were the sparks that ignited the field of X-ray astronomy.
Academic text (2001) -
As the campfire crackled, a bright spark flew into the air and disappeared.
Synonyms
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1.7
A sudden, brief burst of bright light, for example from a camera
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3.9
A brief unsteady flash of light, movement, or feeling
Idioms
Compounds
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3.5
A small part in a car engine that makes a tiny electric flash to light the fuel and air
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7.8
A device with a gap between metal parts where an electrical spark can jump
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The timing of the spark that lights the fuel and air in an engine, measured by the piston's position
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A metal mesh fitted on a chimney that stops sparks escaping and reduces fire risk
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A device that makes tiny sparks when particles from radiation pass through it
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Etymology
The word spark originally meant a tiny piece or flash of fire or light, like the bits you see from a fire or machine, and is related to the word sparkle. So a spark is that small bright piece of fire or electricity that can fly off and sometimes start a blaze.