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Definition of Sparkle

1. Verb. Reflect brightly. "The horizon is sparkleing with lights"; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"

2. Noun. Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance. "There's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"

3. Verb. Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity. "His playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"

4. Noun. The occurrence of a small flash or spark.

5. Verb. Emit or produce sparks. "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"

6. Noun. The quality of shining with a bright reflected light.

7. Verb. Become bubbly or frothy or foaming. "Sparkling water"

Definition of Sparkle

1. n. A little spark; a scintillation.

2. v. i. 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.

3. v. t. To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.

4. v. t. To disperse.

Definition of Sparkle

1. Noun. A little spark; a scintillation. ¹

2. Noun. Brilliance; luster ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) 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. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To disperse. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To scatter on or over. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sparkle

1. to give off or reflect flashes of light [v -KLED, -KLING, -KLES]

Medical Definition of Sparkle

1. 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. "A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling." (Chaucer) 2. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. "I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes." (Milton) 3. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine. Synonym: To shine, glisten, scintillate, radiate, coruscate, glitter, twinkle. Origin: See Sparkle, Spark of fire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sparkle

sparker sparkers sparkes sparkful sparkgap sparkgaps sparkie sparkier sparkies sparkiest

sparkily sparking sparking plug sparkingly sparkish sparkle (current term) sparkle metal sparkleberries sparkleberry sparkled

sparkler sparklers sparkles sparkless sparklet sparklets sparklier sparklies sparkliest sparklike

Literary usage of Sparkle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"E. shinder, to shiver to pieces, the sound of ny exchanges for nd as in shingle and shindle, or in N. singra, to jingle, and ON. sindra, to sparkle. ..."

2. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"Accordingly, when the logs took fire, oh \ how the cake began to stir beneath that awful heat, to glow and sparkle in a blaze I At the same time I kept ..."

3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"Accordingly, when the logs took fire, oh! how the cake began to stir beneath that awful heat, to glow and sparkle in a blaze! ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"THE RECTOR'S VISIT. hair, and lit up by eyes which have not forgotten to flash and sparkle. ... sparkle ..."

5. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1801)
"Closed are those eyes in which genius and imagination were wont to sparkle,—• silent is that tongue once so distinguished in the sweet fluency of words ..."

6. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... Yet well I know the royal mine, And know the sparkle of its ore, Know Heaven's truth from lies that shine — Explored they teach us to explore. ..."

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