noun. An elegantly dressed, highly self-conscious young man.

noun. A male suitor; a beau.

intransitive verb. To court or woo.

intransitive verb. To court a woman or women.

noun. An incandescent particle, especially.

noun. One thrown off from a burning substance.

noun. One resulting from friction.

noun. One remaining in an otherwise extinguished fire; an ember.

noun. A glistening particle, as of metal.

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noun. A flash of light, especially a flash produced by electric discharge.

noun. A short pulse or flow of electric current.

noun. A trace or suggestion, as.

noun. A quality or feeling with latent potential; a seed or germ.

noun. A vital, animating, or activating factor.

noun. A radio operator aboard a ship.

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noun. The luminous phenomenon resulting from a disruptive discharge through an insulating material.

noun. The discharge itself.

intransitive verb. To give off sparks.

intransitive verb. To operate correctly. Used of the ignition system of an internal-combustion engine.

intransitive verb. To set in motion; activate.

intransitive verb. To rouse to action; spur.

To play the spark or gallant; court.

To pay attention to, especially with a view to marriage; court; play the gallant to, in a general sense: as, he is parking Miss Doe; to spark a girl home.

noun. A particle of ignited substance emitted from a body in combustion; a fiery particle thrown off by burning wood, iron, powder, or other substance.

noun. Hence A scintillating or flying emanation, literally or figuratively; anything resembling a spark of fire: as, sparks from a gem; a spark of wit.

noun. A small diamond used with many others to form a setting or frame, as to a cameo or a miniature painting; also, a distinct crystal of diamond with the natural curved edges, suitable for glaziers' use.

noun. A separate bit or particle of fire or burning matter in an otherwise inert body or mass; hence, a bit of anything, material or immaterial, comparable to this in its nuclear character or possible extension of activity.

noun. A person of a gay or sprightly character; a gay, lively, showy man (or, rarely, in former use, woman); a “blade” or roysterer.

noun. A lover; a gallant; a beau.

To emit sparks, as of fire or electricity; sparkle or scintillate.

In electricity, to produce sparks at points where the continuity of the circuit is interrupted.

To affect by sparks, as of electricity; act upon by the emission or transmission of sparks.

To splash with dirt.

noun. A brisk, showy, gay man.

noun. A lover; a gallant; a beau.

noun. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.

noun. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.

noun. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle.

noun. a contrivance to prevent the escape of sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called also spark consumer.

intransitive verb. To play the spark, beau, or lover.

intransitive verb. To sparkle.

intransitive verb. To produce, or give off, sparks, as a dynamo at the commutator when revolving under the collecting brushes.

noun. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.

noun. A short or small burst of electrical discharge.

noun. A small amount of something, such as an idea, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.

noun. A ship's radio operator.

noun. An electrician.

verb. To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).

"Twenty years on, they become quantified and rigidized, and it's not where the spark is anymore."

active spark  advanced spark  electric spark  fairy sparks  jump-spark  

bright spark  spark arrester  spark coil  spark gap  spark knock  

aspect  author  emit  expression  face  

Ark  Clark  Clarke  Lark  Marc  

blaze  bolt  changes  circuit  cross  

AC arc  Beau Brummel  Poulsen arc  abettor  activate  

sparked  sparkes  sparking  sparks