sparky
/spˈɑɹki/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A name for a pet, traditionally especially a dog, with similar connotations.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an electrical spark.
Example Sentences
- "You should keep working, driving for whatever goal you have your eye on, while at the same time avoiding a tip over into a workaholic relapse. How? By becoming a manager, Sparky. The purpose of management is to make other people do the things that need doing, so you can think about strategy and leave early."
- "1986 July, Texas Monthly, page 103, Anthony's certainly hasn′t achieved the consistent level of Tony′s, but the menu is sparkier, more up to the minute."
- "With regular trains running back to Edinburgh as late as 11.30pm, you could consider sampling some of Glasgow′s nightlife, consistently sparkier and more cutting-edge than Edinburgh′s, or taking in some of the city′s innovative and high-quality theatre and live music."
- "She was recruited on the spot, completing a highly controversial line-up that would go on to produce some of the sparkiest, sassiest music of the early 80s."
- "[…] a sparky sound too. A little high-pitched crack."
- "The headlines ground out big and black at home, but by the time they had gone out on the Fleet broadcast circuits, been picked out of the air by Mr. Woodside′s sparkies in the radio shack, whacked onto a stencil and run through a mimeograph machine by Harry Dolliver, they were not nearly so impressive."
Etymology
Usage
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