Usage of "sparking plug"

Portuguese

Catalan

Electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark.

Synonyms

Examples for "plug"

Examples for "plug"

Increased cash contributions to plug its pension fund is yet another problem. 
 The Guardian 

The new rooms will help plug Manila's chronic shortage of quality accommodation. 
 Reuters 

For the government, the money raised will help plug the fiscal deficit. 
 Reuters 

ESPN, nervous about political editorializing in an election year, pulled the plug. 
 Wired 

But is the rest of Europe really prepared to pull the plug? 
 Reuters 

Last season, Copper was the spark plug of the Sky's second unit. 
 Chicago sun times 

Attach the other wire to the cannon near the spark plug. 
 The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do 

Johnson was the spark plug, scoring 10 points in the quarter. 
 Reuters 

And they start with a spark -or ,moreaccurately, a spark plug. 
 Wired 

The spark plug, she is on the-whatyou call it?-thebum. 
 The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border 

Usage of sparking plug in English

The chauffeur will have to go on by diligence to-morrow to get a new sparking plug. 
 The Broken Road 

Will come without fail to-night and bring new sparking plugs. 
 Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels 

Then he took out each of the six sparking plugs and filled the cylinders with oil, and screwed the plugs back finger tight. 
 On the Beach 

Translations for sparking plug

Portuguese

Catalan

Meanings of sparking plug in English