Synonyms:
spar, sparring
Meaning: making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer
Synonyms:
spar
Meaning: a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
Synonyms:
spar
Meaning: any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
spar
Meaning: fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"
Synonyms:
spar
Meaning: box lightly
Synonyms:
spar
Meaning: fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring"
Synonyms:
spar
Meaning: furnish with spars
Usage examples
"Oh, it's a spar," said Melick.
"Probably the spar of some ship."
It doesn't look to me like a spar."
"It's not a spar," said Melick, who was at the bow.
But most like chaos, -- stopless, cool, -- Without a chance or spar, Or even a report of land To justify despair.
The spot thus chosen was a dark, circular object, about a hundred yards away, and certainly did look very much like the extremity of some spar, the rest of which was under water.
The signal for a wreck was hoisted at the flagstaff, but when the signallman went to look for a wreck he could not find one. He searched along the shore and found the dead body of the captain, and a piece of splintered spar seven or eight feet long, on which the cabin boy had come ashore.
Proudly the flood comes in, shouting, foaming, advancing, Long it holds at the high, with bosom broad outswelling, All throbs, dilates--the farms, woods, streets of cities--workmen at work, Mainsails, topsails, jibs, appear in the offing--steamers' pennants of smoke--and under the forenoon sun, Freighted with human lives, gaily the outward bound, gaily the inward bound, Flaunting from many a spar the flag I love.