noun
- Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance.
- usage: "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
- The occurrence of a small flash or spark.
- synonyms: glitter, coruscation
- The quality of shining with a bright reflected light.
- synonyms: glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation
verb
- Reflect brightly.
- usage: "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
- synonyms: scintillate, coruscate
- Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity.
- usage: "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
- synonyms: scintillate, coruscate
- Emit or produce sparks.
- usage: "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"
- synonyms: spark
- Become bubbly or frothy or foaming.
- usage: "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"
- synonyms: foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, form bubbles
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