Found 4 items, similar to Sparks.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: spark
percikan
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: spark
cetusan, mencetuskan, pencetus, percikan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spark
spark
n 1: a momentary flash of light [syn:
flicker,
glint]
2: brightness and animation of countenance;
“he had a sparkle
in his eye” [syn:
sparkle,
light]
3: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric
field [syn:
discharge,
arc,
electric arc,
electric discharge
]
4: a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might
become stronger;
“a spark of interest”;
“a spark of
decency”
5: Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918) [syn:
Muriel Spark
,
Dame Muriel Spark,
Muriel Sarah Spark]
6: a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by
burning material or by friction
spark
v 1: put in motion or move to act;
“trigger a reaction”;
“actuate
the circuits” [syn:
trip,
actuate,
trigger,
activate,
set off,
spark off,
trigger off,
touch off]
2: emit or produce sparks;
“A high tension wire, brought down
by a storm, can continue to spark” [syn:
sparkle]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spark
Spark
\Spark\, v. i.
To play the spark, beau, or lover.
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A sure sign that his master was courting, or, as it is
termed, sparking, within. --W. Irwing.
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Spark
\Spark\, n. [Icel. sparkr lively, sprightly.]
1. A brisk, showy, gay man.
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The finest sparks and cleanest beaux. --Prior.
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2. A lover; a gallant; a beau.
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Spark
\Spark\, v. i.
1. To sparkle. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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2. (Elec.) To produce, or give off, sparks, as a dynamo at
the commutator when revolving under the collecting
brushes.
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Spark
\Spark\, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark,
sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag["e]ti, Gr. ?
a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph?rj to crackle, to thunder.
Cf.
Speak.]
1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is
emitted by a body in combustion.
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Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
--Job v. 7.
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2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
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3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or
into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle.
“If
any spark of life be yet remaining.” --Shak.
“Small
intellectual spark.” --Macaulay.
“Vital spark of
heavenly flame.” --Pope.
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We have here and there a little clear light, some
sparks of bright knowledge. --Locke.
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Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.
--Wordsworth.
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Spark arrester, 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. [U.S.]
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