sparken

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verb

To spark or ignite in sparks

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Meanings

verbsparken (third-person singular simple present sparkens, present participle sparkening, simple past and past participle sparkened)

present singular third person sparkens · participle present sparkening · participle past sparkened · past sparkened

  1. ambitransitiveTo spark or ignite in sparks

    And milady said, “I am but an afterthought. Nothing more. I am but an instrument. Nothng more. I am but a sparkened catalyst. Nothing more”

    2008, Ken Muller, RANDOM FITZ of KINDNESS, page 28
    1 more example

    […] and her princess-feather flipped purty in the wind; and thar a siller wishbone jewelled betwixt her breastes; and her pink-red-pepper wristicuffs sparkened; […]

    1929, Percy MacKaye, Weathergoose-woo!, page 171

Origin

From spark + -en.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sparken

harkendarkenhearkenbarkenPetrarchanundarken
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Anagrams

spanker
Cite this entry
APA

sparken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparken

MLA

“sparken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparken. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sparken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparken.

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