sparks flew

  • 1sparks fly — phrase if sparks fly, people argue in an angry way Sparks flew when the two women met. Thesaurus: to arguehyponym arguments and arguingsynonym Main entry: spark * * * an encounter becomes heated or lively …

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  • 2sparks fly — if sparks fly, people argue in an angry way Sparks flew when the two women met …

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  • 3Flew — Fly Fly (fl[imac]), v. i. [imp. {Flew} (fl[=u]); p. p. {Flown} (fl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flying}.] [OE. fleen, fleen, fleyen, flegen, AS. fle[ o]gan; akin to D. vliegen, OHG. fliogan, G. fliegen, Icel. flj[=u]ga, Sw. flyga, Dan. flyve, Goth. us …

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  • 4Jenny Sparks — Superherobox caption= The Spirit of the 20th Century . Art by Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary. comic color=background:#8080ff character name=Jenny Sparks real name=Jenny Sparks publisher=Wildstorm debut= Stormwatch #37 creators=Warren Ellis, Tom Raney …

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  • 5Bill Sparks — DSM (September 5 1922 ndash; December 1 2002) was a British soldier in World War II. He was the last survivor of the Cockleshell Heroes , commandos who paddled 85 miles into German occupied France to blow up merchant shipping. He was born in the… …

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  • 6wheel lock — 1. an old type of gunlock in which sparks are produced by the friction of a small steel wheel against a piece of iron pyrites. 2. a gun having such a gunlock. [1660 70] * * * Device for igniting the powder in a firearm such as a musket. Developed …

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  • 7spark — [[t]spɑ͟ː(r)k[/t]] ♦♦♦ sparks, sparking, sparked 1) N COUNT A spark is a tiny bright piece of burning material that flies up from something that is burning. The fire gradually got bigger and bigger. Sparks flew off in all directions. 2) N COUNT A …

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  • 8spark — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 small bright piece of burning material/electric flash ADJECTIVE ▪ tiny ▪ flying ▪ electric VERB + SPARK ▪ emit, produce …

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  • 9spark — 01. A fire started when a small [spark] from our campfire fell on a sleeping bag, and started to burn. 02. We sat by the fire, watching the [sparks] drift up into the sky. 03. He hit the rock with the sledgehammer, and [sparks] flew off. 04. A… …

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  • 10spark — spark1 [ spark ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive MAINLY JOURNALISM to make something happen, especially something involving violence or angry feelings: The protests were sparked by the firing of two restaurant employees. The trial sparked… …

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