What is the meaning of sparkling?

noun

verb

  • Reflect brightly.
    • usage: "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
  • Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity.
    • usage: "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
  • Emit or produce sparks.
    • usage: "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"
  • Become bubbly or frothy or foaming.
    • usage: "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"

adjective

  • Shining with brilliant points of light like stars.
    • usage: "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes"
  • Used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide.
    • usage: "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water"
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