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sparked up

sparked up is the simple past and past participle of spark up.

Meaning of spark up

Verb

spark up (third-person singular simple present sparks up, present participle sparking up, simple past and past participle sparked up)

  1. (transitive) To rekindle.
  2. (transitive) To make more exotic or fun.
    Synonyms:
    sex up, spice up
  3. (intransitive) To light up; light a cigarette or start smoking a pipe, bong, etc.
  4. (slang, transitive) To light a cigarette etc. for (a person).
    • Spark me up, mate.
  5. (transitive) To initiate (a conversation, debate etc.).
    Synonyms:
    strike up
  6. (informal) To provide electrification.
    • Again, to go back to the history of British Railways, there were moves to introduce electrification more widely when the West Coast Main Line was sparked up in the 1960s, but this was rejected by dyed-in-the-wool old regional railway managers who did not like the hassle of putting up the wires.2021 April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, in RAIL, number 928, page 47

Questions about sparked up

What is sparked up the simple past and past participle of?
Sparked up is the simple past and past participle of spark up.

Words near sparked up in the dictionary

  1. sparkable
  2. sparke
  3. sparked
  4. sparked off
  5. sparked out
  6. sparked up
  7. sparken
  8. sparkened
  9. sparkening
  10. sparkens
  11. sparker

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