Definition of Sparked

1. Verb. (past of spark) ¹

2. Adjective. That has had sparks (of electricity) passed through it ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sparked

1. spark [v] - See also: spark

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sparked

spark coil
spark counter
spark gap
spark gaps
spark knock
spark knocks
spark lever
spark off
spark plug
spark plugs
spark spread
spark transmitter
spark up
sparke
sparked (current term)
sparker
sparkers
sparkes
sparkful
sparkgap
sparkgaps
sparkie
sparkier
sparkies
sparkiest
sparkily
sparking
sparking plug
sparkingly

Literary usage of Sparked

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1906)
"It is, however, quite superficial, and may be removed by slightly rubbing the surface of the metal with emery-paper. In the case of aluminium sparked with ..."

2. The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and by Frederick Thomas Elworthy (1886)
"Spotted, or rather parti-coloured, as a sparked cmv (usual word)—/'. e. a spotted cow or one marked in two colours ; a sparked hen, a sparked cat—/. e. a ..."

3. Winging It . . . by Gyeorgos C. Hatonn (1994)
"RAINBOW PERVERSITY sparked FIGHT IN NEW YORK The Rainbow Curriculum resulted in the forced ouster of New York Schools Chancellor Joseph Fernandez in early ..."

4. Studies from the Physical and Chemical Laboratories of the Owens College by Arthur Schuster, Harold Baily Dixon (1893)
"Filled the coil with the mixture, and sparked. The mixture burnt in the neighbourhood of ... The mixture was then sparked, but was not tired. ..."

5. The Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen by Joseph Knox (1914)
"If the pure gas given in Column I. of the accompanying table is subjected to the spark-discharge whilst issuing from a quartz capillary, and the sparked gas ..."

6. The Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen by Joseph Knox (1914)
"If the pure gas given in Column I. of the accompanying table is subjected to the spark-discharge whilst issuing from a quartz capillary, and the sparked gas ..."

7. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"sparked Grass. The striped garden variety of Phalaris ... sparked Holm. Variegated Holly, Ilex Aquifolium, L., var.—Som. Sparrow-grass. See Grass, Sparrow. ..."

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