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sparkplugs

sparkplugs is the plural of sparkplug.

sparkplugs is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 sparkplugs

What is sparkplugs the plural of?
Sparkplugs is the plural of sparkplug.

Words near sparkplugs in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sparkplugs (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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