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sparks up

sparks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is sparks up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sparks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spark up.

Words near sparks up in the dictionary

  1. sparkproof
  2. sparks
  3. sparks fly
  4. sparks off
  5. sparks out
  6. sparks up
  7. sparktastic
  8. Sparkwell
  9. sparky
  10. sparless
  11. sparlike

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