spark out

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Adjective

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spark out (not comparable)

  1. (UK, slang) Completely asleep or unconscious.
    • 2008, Michael Lutwyche and Steven Fowler, Hardcore, VHC Publishing, "Birmingham City Vs Aston Villa Division 2 12th December 1987":
      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.
    • 2011, Val McDermid, The Retribution, Atlantic Monthly Press, page 7:
      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.
    • 2012, Thomas Appleby, Life in the Harsh Lane: The Nine Lives, Mishaps, and Adventures of a No-Body, Xlibris, page 125:
      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.

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spark out (third-person singular simple present sparks out, present participle sparking out, simple past and past participle sparked out)

  1. (transitive, slang) To render unconscious; to knock out.