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Textual thesaurus for "spark"

(noun) sparkle, twinkle, light

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) flicker, glint

a momentary flash of light


(noun) Dame Muriel Spark, Muriel Sarah Spark, Muriel Spark, Spark

Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)


(noun) arc, discharge, electric arc, electric discharge

electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field


(verb) set off, spark off, activate, actuate, trigger, trigger off, trip, touch off

put in motion or move to act

trigger a reaction; actuate the circuits


(verb) sparkle

emit or produce sparks

A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark