ALL meanings of spar
spar
S s - noun Technical meaning of spar Early system on Datatron 200 series. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). 1
- noun spar (during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946). 1
- verb with object spar to provide or make with spars. 1
- verb without object spar (of boxers) to make the motions of attack and defense with the arms and fists, especially as a part of training. 1
- verb without object spar to box, especially with light blows. 1
- verb without object spar to strike or attack with the feet or spurs, as gamecocks do. 1
- verb without object spar to bandy words; dispute. 1
- intransitive verb spar argue, clash 1
- intransitive verb spar boxing: fight 1
- noun spar boxing: short match 1
- verb spar If you spar with someone, you box using fairly gentle blows instead of hitting your opponent hard, either when you are training or when you want to test how quickly your opponent reacts. 0
- verb spar If you spar with someone, you argue with them but not in an aggressive or serious way. 0
- countable noun spar A spar is a strong pole, especially one that a sail is attached to on a sailing ship. 0
- noun spar any piece of nautical gear resembling a pole and used as a mast, boom, gaff, etc 0
- noun spar (as modifier) 0
- noun spar a principal supporting structural member of an aerofoil that runs from tip to tip or root to tip 0
- verb spar to fight using light blows, as in training 0
- verb spar to dispute or argue 0
- verb spar (of gamecocks) to fight with the feet or spurs 0
- noun spar an unaggressive fight 0
- noun spar an argument or wrangle 0
- noun spar a close friend 0
- noun spar any of various minerals, such as feldspar or calcite, that are light-coloured, microcrystalline, transparent to translucent, and easily cleavable 0
- noun spar a woman member of the U.S. Coast Guard 0
- intransitive verb spar to fight with the feet and spurs 0
- intransitive verb spar to box with jabbing or feinting movements, landing few heavy blows, as in exhibition or practice matches 0
- intransitive verb spar to wrangle or dispute 0
- noun spar a sparring match or movement 0
- noun spar a dispute 0
- noun spar any pole, as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff, supporting or extending a sail of a ship 0
- noun spar any of the main structural beams attached to the fuselage of an airplane to support the wings 0
- verb transitive spar to equip with spars 0
- noun spar any shiny, crystalline, nonmetallic mineral that cleaves easily into chips or flakes 0