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Snark
- unknown - Carroll's mythical animal
Spank
- noun - a slap with the flat of the hand
- give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
Spark
- noun - a momentary flash of light
- a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger; "a spark of interest"; "a spark of decency"
- a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
- put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
- Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)
Stack
- noun - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
- a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
- a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- an orderly pile
- arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
- arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances; "stack the deck of cards"
- load or cover with stacks; "stack a truck with boxes"
Stalk
- noun - a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
- a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
- a stiff or threatening gait
- follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"
- go through (an area) in search of prey; "stalk the woods for deer"
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- the act of following prey stealthily
- walk stiffly
Stank
- verb - be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!"
- smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
Stark
- adjective - complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast"
- completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
- providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
- severely simple;
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
Swank
- adjective - display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"
- elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment"