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sparkle

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)

HYPHEN

spar=kle

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sparkle has 3 senses

sparkle(n = noun.attribute) light, spark, twinkle - 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"

is a kind of verve, vitality, aspect, expression, face, facial expression, look

Derived forms verb sparkle₂, adjective sparkly₁

sparkle(n = noun.event) coruscation, glitter - the occurrence of a small flash or spark; Array

is a kind of flash

Derived forms verb sparkle₁, verb sparkle₃, adjective sparkly₂

sparkle(n = noun.attribute) glisten, glister, glitter, scintillation - the quality of shining with a bright reflected light; Array

is a kind of brightness

Derived form verb sparkle₁

Verb sparkle has 4 senses

sparkle(v = verb.weather) coruscate, scintillate - reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"

is one way to reflect, shine

Derived forms noun sparkle₃, noun sparkle₂, noun sparkler₁, noun sparkling₁

Sample sentences:
Lights sparkle on the horizon
The horizon is sparkleing with lights

sparkle(v = verb.change) coruscate, scintillate - be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"

is one way to be

Derived form noun sparkle₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

sparkle(v = verb.weather) spark - emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"

is one way to emit, give off, give out

Derived form noun sparkle₂

Sample sentence:
Something ----s

sparkle(v = verb.change) effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth - become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"

is one way to bubble

Sample sentence:
Something ----s

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sparkle, n. [Dim. of spark.].

A little spark; a scintillation. [1913 Webster]
"As fire is wont to quicken and go
From a sparkle sprungen amiss,
Till a city brent up is." [1913 Webster]

"The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper." [1913 Webster]
Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond. [1913 Webster]

sparkle, v. i. [See Sparkle, n., Spark of fire.].

To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle. [1913 Webster]
"A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging
Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling." [1913 Webster]
To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. [1913 Webster]
"I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes." [1913 Webster]
To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine. [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate; glitter; twinkle.

sparkle, v. t.

To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

sparkle, v. t. [Cf. Sparble.].

To disperse. [1913 Webster]
"The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any further enterprise." [1913 Webster]
To scatter on or over. Purchas. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sparkle, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 a emit or seem to emit sparks; glitter; glisten (her eyes sparkled). b be witty; scintillate (sparkling repartee).
2 (of wine etc.) effervesce (cf. STILL(1) adj. 4).
--n. a gleam, spark.

Derivative

sparkly adj.

Etymology

ME f. SPARK(1) + -LE(4)

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THESAURUS

sparkle

animation, be brilliant, be merry with, beam, blaze, blink, blinking, blubber, boil, boil over, boiling, brightness, brilliance, bubble, bubble over, bubble up, bubbliness, bubbling, burble, burn, caper, caracole, carbonation, cheer, cheerfulness, chirp, chirrup, coruscate, coruscation, crack a joke, crack wise, dance, dash, dazzle, ebullience, ebulliency, ebullition, effervesce, effervescence, effervescency, elan, energy, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fire, firefly, fizz, fizzle, flame, flash, fleer at, flicker, foaming, frolic, frothiness, frothing, fun, gaiety, gambol, gibe at, glance, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering, glow, glowworm, guggle, gurgle, gusto, hiss, jape, jest, joke, josh, joy, kid, kid around, laugh, life, lilt, liveliness, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, mock, oomph, pep, piquancy, play on words, plop, poignancy, poke fun at, pun, pungency, quip, raciness, radiance, radiate cheer, ridicule, romp, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation, scoff at, seethe, shimmer, shimmering, shine, simmer, sing, skip, smile, spangle, spark, spirit, spumescence, stroboscopic light, tinsel, twinkle, twinkling, utter a mot, verve, vigor, vim, vivacity, vividness, whistle, wink, wisecrack, wittiness, work, zeal, zing, zip

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ROGET THESAURUS

sparkle

Bubble

VB bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle, gurgle, effervesce, ferment, fizzle.

Light

VB shine, glow, glitter, glister, glisten, twinkle, gleam, flare, flare up, glare, beam, shimmer, glimmer, flicker, sparkle, scintillate, coruscate, flash, blaze, be bright, reflect light, daze, dazzle, bedazzle, radiate, shoot out beams, fulgurate, clear up, brighten, lighten, enlighten, levin, light, light up, irradiate, shine upon, give out a light, hang out a light, cast light upon, cast light in, throw light upon, throw light in, shed light upon, shed luster upon, illume, illumine, illuminate, relume, strike a light, kindle.

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