spark up

present singular third person sparks up · participle present sparking up · participle past sparked up · past sparked up

1. transitiveTo rekindle.
2. transitiveTo make more exotic or fun.

   Synonyms: sex up, spice up

3. intransitiveTo light up; light a cigarette or start smoking a pipe, bong, etc.
4. slangtransitiveTo light a cigarette etc. for (a person).

   Spark me up, mate.

5. transitiveTo initiate (a conversation, debate etc.).

   Synonyms: strike up

6. informalTo 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