spark
spark is a 5-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- 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 brisk, showy, gay man.
- noun. A lover; a gallant; a beau.
- intransitive verb. To sparkle.
- intransitive verb. To play the spark, beau, or lover.
- noun. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
"he had a sparkle in his eye"
"there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
- noun. a momentary flash of light
- noun. a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
- noun. Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)
- noun. electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- noun. a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger
"a spark of interest"
"a spark of decency"
- verb. put in motion or move to act
"trigger a reaction"
"actuate the circuits"
- verb. emit or produce sparks
"A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"
Synonyms
light, sparkle, twinkle, flicker, glint, arc, discharge, activate, actuate, trigger, trip
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spark:
Common word forms
sparks, sparked, sparker, sparkly, sparking, sparkless
Words from these letters
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