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Spark   /spɑrk/   Listen
Spark

noun
1.
A momentary flash of light.  Synonyms: flicker, glint.
2.
Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance.  Synonyms: light, sparkle, twinkle.  "There's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
3.
Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.  Synonyms: arc, discharge, electric arc, electric discharge.
4.
A small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger.  "A spark of decency"
5.
Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918).  Synonyms: Dame Muriel Spark, Muriel Sarah Spark, Muriel Spark.
6.
A small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction.
verb
1.
Put in motion or move to act.  Synonyms: activate, actuate, set off, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip.  "Actuate the circuits"
2.
Emit or produce sparks.  Synonym: sparkle.



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"Spark" Quotes from Famous Books



... their gold to satisfy his greed. I am not able to contend with men, and am forced to suffer every kind of humiliation. There is no one here to whom I can speak, for even our servants are given us by him. But if you have any fatherly compassion, if a spark of royal or noble feeling still lives in your heart, if love of me and the sight of my tears can move your soul, I implore you to come to our help, and deliver your daughter and son-in-law from the fear of slavery, and ...
— Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 • Julia Mary Cartwright
... away. The man left on guard would find it difficult to tear himself away from all that excitement, Starr thought satisfiedly; though if he came back he could scarcely help seeing Starr on that lighted perch, and he would undoubtedly take a shot at him if he were any man at all and had a spark of loyalty to his fellows. For Starr's business up there could not be mistaken by the stupidest greaser in ...
— Starr, of the Desert • B. M Bower
... dark glen a spark of light suddenly shot—almost like a rocket in swiftness. Jack saw ...
— On a Torn-Away World • Roy Rockwood
... the feud of Want and Have. Gauge of more and less through space Electric star and pencil plays. The lonely Earth amid the balls That hurry through the eternal halls, A makeweight flying to the void, Supplemental asteroid, Or compensatory spark, Shoots ...
— Essays • Ralph Waldo Emerson
... as well go and see how your father is getting on yonder," he said, as the spark of light vanished in the darkness below. "Good night, Diana. Don't sit too long in the cold night air; and don't sit up for your father—there's no knowing when ...
— Birds of Prey • M. E. Braddon


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