Sparkling

4 definitions found

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

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

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

  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