Definitions of sparkle [ˈspɑr kəl]

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Definition of 'sparkle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) sparkle
to shine or glisten with little gleams of light, as a brilliant gem; glitter.

2.  sparkle
to be brilliant, lively, or vivacious.

3.  sparkle
to emit little sparks, as burning matter.

4.  sparkle
(of wine, soda water, etc.) to effervesce.

5. (v.t.) sparkle
to cause to sparkle.

6. (n.) sparkle
a sparkling appearance, luster, or play of light; glitter.

7.  sparkle
brilliance, liveliness, or vivacity.

8.  sparkle
a little spark or fiery particle.

9.  sparkle
effervescence.

Etymology: (1150–1200)

Definition of 'sparkle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) sparkle, twinkle, spark, light
merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
"he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"

2. (noun) glitter, sparkle, coruscation
the occurrence of a small flash or spark

3. (verb) glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle
the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

4. (verb) sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
reflect brightly
"Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"

5. (verb) sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
"The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"

6. (verb) spark, sparkle
emit or produce sparks
"A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"

7. (verb) foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles
become bubbly or frothy or foaming
"The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"

Definition of 'sparkle'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) sparkle
to shine with points of light that appear and disappear
stars sparkling at night

2. sparkle
to be lively and exciting
Her eyes sparkled with excitement.; the sparkle of diamonds; a speech with no sparkle

Definition of 'sparkle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) sparkle
a little spark; a scintillation

2. (noun) sparkle
brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond

3. (noun) sparkle
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

4. (noun) sparkle
to manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash

5. (noun) sparkle
to emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine

6. (verb) sparkle
to emit in the form or likeness of sparks

7. (verb) sparkle
to disperse

8. (verb) sparkle
to scatter on or over

Translation of 'sparkle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an effect like that made by little sparks There was a sudden sparkle as her diamond ring caught the light.
Afrikaans: vonkel	Arabic: بَريق، تألُّق	Bulgarian: блясък
Brazilian: brilho	Czech: (za)jiskření	German: das Funkeln
Danish: glimten; funklen	Greek: σπινθηροβόλημα	Spanish: centelleo, destello
Estonian: sädelus	Farsi: جرقه	Finnish: säihke
French: étincellement	Hebrew: נִצנוּץ	Hindi: झिलमिलाना
Croatian: iskra, blistanje	Hungarian: szikrázás	Indonesian: kilatan
Icelandic: geisli, neisti	Italian: scintillio, luccichio	Japanese: きらめき
Korean: 반짝임	Lithuanian: žibėjimas, žėrėjimas	Latvian: dzirkstīšana; zibsnīšana
Malay: kilauan	Dutch: fonkeling	Norwegian: gnist(ring)
Polish: iskrzenie, błysk	Persian: جرقه	Pashto: جرقه
Portuguese: brilho	Romanian: scânteiere	Russian: сверкание
Slovak: (za)iskrenie	Slovenian: iskrenje	Serbian: svetlucanje
Swedish: gnistrande, tindrande	Thai: แสงแวววาว	Turkish: parıltı, ışıltı
Taiwanese: 閃耀	Ukrainian: виблискування, блискотінн	Urdu: چمک دمک
Vietnamese: sự tóe lửa, sự lấp lánh	Chinese: 闪耀
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