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sparkplugging

sparkplugging is the present participle and gerund of sparkplug.

Meaning of sparkplug

Verb

sparkplug (third-person singular simple present sparkplugs, present participle sparkplugging, simple past and past participle sparkplugged)

  1. (transitive) To serve as the driving force behind (a new endeavour).
    • It was he who sparkplugged last year's Biennal of Modern Art, which was planned and carried out in less than nine months.1953, Brazilian Business, volume 33, page 21

Questions about sparkplugging

What is sparkplugging the present participle and gerund of?
Sparkplugging is the present participle and gerund of sparkplug.

Words near sparkplugging in the dictionary

  1. sparkover voltage
  2. sparkover voltages
  3. sparkovers
  4. sparkplug
  5. sparkplugged
  6. sparkplugging
  7. sparkplugs
  8. sparkproof
  9. sparks
  10. sparks fly
  11. sparks off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sparkplugging (page history and authors); sparkplug (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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