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/spˈɑrklɪŋ/ /spˈɑrkəlɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Sparkle v. t. To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. "Did sparkle forth great light."

Sparkle v. t.

To disperse. (Obs.) "The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any further enterprise."

To scatter on or over. (Obs.)

Sparkle v. i. (past & past part. sparkled; pres. part. sparkling)

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."

To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. "I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes."

To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.

Synonyms: To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate; glitter; twinkle.

adjective

Sparkling adj. Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes.

Synonyms: Brilliant; shining. See Shining.

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Etymology of 'Sparkling'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sparkling" Quotes from Famous Books

... broke over her like a wave. She felt like a bit of driftwood, cast up upon a summer shore where flowers and verdure smiled on every side and all was peace; but at the next tide, once more the waters would engulf her and drag her back to the sparkling, restless ocean. She smiled to herself at the foolish simile even as she thought of it. It was absurd to compare the gay life to which she had been accustomed to an engulfing ocean; but never mind, for once she would ...

— East of the Shadows • Mrs. Hubert Barclay

... polemics; but to regard these metrical mechanics as sacred because nobody wishes to touch them, as meritorious because no one can be merry in their company,—to rank them in the same class with those ancient songs of the Church, sweet with the breath of saints, sparkling with the tears of forgiven penitents, and warm with the fervor of martyrs,—nay, to set them up beside such poems as those of Herbert, composed in the upper chambers of the soul that open toward the sun's rising, is to confound ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, April, 1858 • Various

... there at intervals, and which reminded Herodotus of "the islands of the AEgean." The elevations, which are the work of man, are crowned for the most part with the white walls of towns and villages sparkling in the sunlight, and sometimes glassed in the flood beneath them. The palms and sycamores stand up out of the expanse of waters shortened by some five or six feet of their height. Everywhere, when the inundation begins, the inhabitants are seen hurrying their cattle to the shelter provided ...

— Ancient Egypt • George Rawlinson

... words in the last few lines appear in Hesperides; all the rest are new. Other variants are: "The grass of Lemster ore soberly sparkling" for "the finest Lemster ore mildly disparkling"; "girdle" for "ceston"; "The eyes of all doth strait bewitch" for "All with temptation doth bewitch"; "choicely hung" for "neatly hung"; "silver roach" for "silvery fish"; "cave" for "room"; "get reflection" for "make ...

— The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 • Robert Herrick

... Sparkling at once is every eye, "Ship ahoy!" our joyful cry; While answering back the sounds we hear, "Ship ahoy!" what ...

— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al

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