noun
- A rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash.
- synonyms: twinkle, scintillation
verb
- Reflect brightly.
- usage: "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
- synonyms: sparkle, 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: sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
- 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"
- synonyms: foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles
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"
- synonyms: effervescent
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