Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spark out

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables: spark out
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Completely asleep or unconscious.

British usage; Slang

verb

To render unconscious; to knock out.

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I steamed in and was promptly knocked spark out by one of them. I came round just in time to see them running for the exit."
"You were asleep. I came home from work and saw you. I thought you might not have intended to spend the whole night spark out in the car."
"This ended in tears for him, the wrong person was one of our friends, Errol, who was then serving in the army, the husband attacked him at Ken's flat and Errol knocked him spark out, having no clue what this guy was going on about."
""I didn't care if I sparked him out or it went 12 rounds, but people wanted to see him unconscious.""
"A YOUNG man from Ellesmere Port had to be sprayed with tear gas after he threatened to “spark out” a police officer, a court heard."
"Tottenham had a power struggle when Edgar Davids joined in 2005, but Robbie Keane was quick to show him who the main guy was as he sparked him out during a training bust-up."

Usage

Inflected Forms

sparko (alternative) sparks out (present, singular) sparking out (participle, present) sparked out (participle, past) sparked out (past)

Questions

What does spark out mean?: Completely asleep or unconscious.

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