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 Definitions for sparkling: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sparkled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Sparkling.] [See Sparkle, n., Spark of fire.]
1. 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.
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A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging
Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling. --Chaucer.
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2. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to
glisten; to flash.
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I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes.
--Milton.
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3. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to
effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
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Syn: To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate;
glitter; twinkle.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Sparkling \Spar"kling\, a.
Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as,
sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- {Spar"kling*ly}, adv. --
{Spar"kling*ness}, n.
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Syn: Brilliant; shining. See Shining.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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sparkling
adj 1: shining with brilliant points of light like stars;
"sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes"
2: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile
effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality";
"sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
[syn: bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkly]
3: used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially
with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water"
[syn: effervescent] [ant: still]
4: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)}, coruscant, fulgid,
glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant,
scintillating, {sparkling(a)}, sparkly]
n : a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn: twinkle,
scintillation]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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150 Moby Thesaurus words for "sparkling":
Attic, beaming, beaten, beatific, beatified, biting, blebby,
blessed, blinking, blinky, blissful, blistered, blistering,
blistery, blithe, blithesome, blooming, bright, bright and sunny,
brilliant, bubbling, bubbly, burbling, burbly, capering,
carbonated, cheerful, cheery, chiffon, chirping, clever, coruscant,
coruscating, dancing, dazzling, devastating, divine, droll,
ebullient, effervescent, elated, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted,
exhilarated, facetious, fizzy, flushed, flushed with joy, funny,
gay, genial, glad, gladsome, glamorous, glimmering, glimmerous,
glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittering, glittery, glorious,
glowing, gorgeous, happy, heavenly, high, hopeful, humorous,
humorsome, in good spirits, in high spirits, irrepressible,
jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, joyful, joyous,
keen, keen-witted, killing, laughing, leaping, lively, mordant,
nimble-witted, of good cheer, optimistic, peppy, piquant, pleasant,
poignant, pointed, puffed, pungent, purring, quick-witted, racy,
radiant, rapier-like, raving, ravishing, resplendent, riant, rosy,
salt, salty, sanguine, sanguineous, scintillant, scintillating,
scintillescent, sharp, shimmering, shimmery, shining, singing,
smart, smiling, smirking, souffle, souffleed, spangly, spirited,
splendid, splendorous, splendrous, sprightly, spumescent,
starry-eyed, stunning, sublime, sunny, thrice happy, tinselly,
twinkling, twinkly, vesicant, vesicated, vesicatory, vesicular,
vivacious, whimsical, whipped, winsome, witty
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