Synonyms:
flicker, spark, glint
Meaning: a momentary flash of light
Synonyms:
sparkle, twinkle, spark, light
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
discharge, spark, arc, electric_arc, electric_discharge
Meaning: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set_off, spark_off, spark, trigger_off, touch_off
Meaning: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
Synonyms:
spark, sparkle
Meaning: emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"
Usage examples
"Not a spark, major.
It was but the spark in the powder.
If he has a spark of manly honour in him, he'll speak up now."
He went about the constituency an anxious, haggard man, working himself to death without being able to awaken a spark of emotion in the heart of anybody.
On the corner of the Sadovaya about two thousand citizens had gathered, staring up at the roof of a tall building, where a tiny red spark glowed and waned.
They sank so rapidly that at the moment their feet touched the rock the sun shone only like a star, and at last disappeared like the last spark in a piece of burned paper.
Such proof give your sovereign; and, if he have one spark of that greatness of mind which you say he possesses, though he may not adopt your advice, he must respect the adviser."
The name, like a sudden spark of electric fire, seemed for a moment to suspend his faculties--for a moment he was transfixed; but recovering, he caught Belcour's hand, and cried--"Stop! stop!
Their origin is obscure. It is doubtful if their worshippers, like those of the Indian Agni, believed that fire, the "vital spark", was the principle of life which was manifested by bodily heat.
If Tom shut off all power, coasted for a moment, and then, ere the propeller had ceased revolving, if he could start the motor on the spark, the silent cylinders might pick up, with the others, and begin again.