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spar
1[ spahr ]
noun
- Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Aeronautics. a principal lateral member of the framework of a wing of an airplane.
verb (used with object)
- to provide or make with spars.
spar
2[ spahr ]
verb (used without object)
- (of boxers) to make the motions of attack and defense with the arms and fists, especially as a part of training.
- to box, especially with light blows.
- to strike or attack with the feet or spurs, as gamecocks do.
- to bandy words; dispute.
noun
- a motion of sparring.
- a boxing match.
- a dispute.
spar
3[ spahr ]
noun
- any of various more or less lustrous crystalline minerals, as fluorspar or feldspar.
SPAR
4[ spahr ]
noun
- (during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946).
SpAr
5abbreviation for
spar
1/ ɑː /
noun
- any piece of nautical gear resembling a pole and used as a mast, boom, gaff, etc
- ( as modifier )
a spar buoy
- a principal supporting structural member of an aerofoil that runs from tip to tip or root to tip
spar
2/ ɑː /
verb
- boxing martial arts to fight using light blows, as in training
- to dispute or argue
- (of gamecocks) to fight with the feet or spurs
noun
- an unaggressive fight
- an argument or wrangle
- informal.a close friend
spar
3/ ɑː /
noun
- any of various minerals, such as feldspar or calcite, that are light-coloured, microcrystalline, transparent to translucent, and easily cleavable spathic
Other Word Forms
- 貹l adjective
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Example Sentences
He retired but had surgery to reduce swelling on his brain after being injured in a sparring session later that year, before waking from a second coma.
Nigel raves enthusiastically about a particularly "mind-blowing" sparring session against an unnamed top-level fighter which left him too excited to sleep.
Her halting initial response to the fires triggered fierce criticism, and she sparred with her then fire chief and her own recovery czar.
"Boys will be boys! And we will let their public sparring continue. And you guys should all be very grateful that we have the most transparent administration in history."
He also sparred against Hong Kong action star Sammo Hung in several films including “Mr. Nice Guy” and fought alongside martial arts queen Cynthia Rothrock in “China O’Brien,” “Lady Dragon” and more.
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