Sparkle

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. t.
     To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. "Did sparkle forth
     great light." --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. t. [Cf. {Sparble}.]
     1. To disperse. [Obs.]
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              The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any
              further enterprise.                   --State
                                                    Papers.
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     2. To scatter on or over. [Obs.] --Purchas.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sparkle \Spar"kle\, n. [Dim. of spark.]
     1. A little spark; a scintillation.
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              As fire is wont to quicken and go
              From a sparkle sprungen amiss,
              Till a city brent up is.              --Chaucer.
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              The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some
              sparkles of his fiery temper.         --Prescott.
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     2. Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sparkle
       n 1: brightness and animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle
            in his eye" [syn: {spark}, {light}]
       2: the occurrence of a small flash or spark [syn: {glitter}, {coruscation}]
       3: the quality of glittering or sparkling brightly [syn: {glitter},
           {glister}, {glisten}, {scintillation}]
       v 1: reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the
            hillside" [syn: {scintillate}, {coruscate}]
       2: be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical
          performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation";
          "his playing coruscated throught the concert hall" [syn: {scintillate},
           {coruscate}]
       3: emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down
          by a storm, can continue to spark" [syn: {spark}]
       4: form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river
          was foaming"; "Sparkling water" [syn: {foam}, {froth}, {fizz},
           {effervesce}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  141 Moby Thesaurus words for "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