sparkle

1 brightness and animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye" [syn: spark, light]

2 the occurrence of a small flash or spark [syn: glitter, coruscation]

3 the quality of glittering or sparkling brightly [syn: glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation]

1 reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside" [syn: scintillate, coruscate]

2 be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throught the concert hall" [syn: scintillate, coruscate]

3 emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark" [syn: spark]

4 form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" [syn: foam, froth, fizz, effervesce]

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) /ˈspɑːkl/, /"spA:kl/
• (US) /ˈspɑɹkl/, /"spArkl/
• Rhymes with: -ɑː(r)kəl

Etymology

Noun

1. A little spark; a scintillation.
2. Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.

Translations

• ttbc French: scintiller (verbe), scintillant (adjectif)

Verb

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.
   • A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling. -- Chaucer.
2. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
   • I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes. --- Milton.
3. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
4. To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
   • Did sparkle forth great light. -- Spenser
5. In the context of "transitive|obsolete": To disperse.

The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any further enterprise. State Papers.

1. In the context of "transitive|obsolete": To scatter on or over.

Synonyms

• (3): shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate; glitter; twinkle.

References

Sparkle can have several meanings:

• Sparkle (1976 film) a 1976 American film released by Warner Bros.
• Sparkle (2007 film) an English film starring Stockard Channing
• Sparkle (Aretha Franklin album) a 1976 Aretha Franklin album, the soundtrack to the above film.
• Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer, code-named Sparkle, a software application.
• Sparkle (singer), an R&B singer noted for her 1998 single "Be Careful", featuring R. Kelly
• "Sparkle", a song by Diana Ross from her 1979 album The Boss
• Sparkle, an early MPEG media player for Mac OS
• Sparkle (software), a free software library designed to simplify software updates in Mac OS X
• Sparkle Computer, a Taiwanese maker of graphic cards

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