(n.) Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.
(n.) 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.
(n.) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
(n.) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
(v. t.) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
(v. t.) To disperse.
(v. t.) To scatter on or over.
Example Sentences:
(1) The sparkling vehicle, larger than a school bus, decorated in tropical colours and equipped with three dental chairs, pulled up in front of its very first school: the Foundation School, where Deamonte had been a student.
(2) English wine is to be the toast of the country’s farmers this week, with more than £100m in sales expected this year for sparkling and still varieties combined, the environment secretary will announce on Wednesday.
(3) Finally, Guardian sports reporter turned ace observationalist Josh Widdicombe has the ability to find the sparkle in the mundane that puts him in line to become the next Sean Lock.
(4) The levels of migration of mineral hydrocarbons from polystyrene cups and glasses have been measured into aqueous food simulants as well as lager, beer, cola, sparkling apple juice, lemon barley water, coffee, hot chocolate, tea, lemon tea and chicken soup.
(5) After a glorious few days, Nick Clegg has had a less than sparkling Monday morning, according to Rachel Younger on Adam Boulton's blog on the Sky News website .
(6) Experts suggest that the popularity of prosecco means it risks becoming a generic term for any sparkling wine that is not champagne.
(7) Inside was the world's biggest map, depicting all of New York state, laid out in sparkling terrazzo, across which troupes of acrobats and dancers would perform, and the animals of the kiddies' petting zoo would snuffle.
(8) The sand was brown-red and the speckles of salt sparkled in the sun.
(9) Two-dimensional echocardiography provided additional features: (1) a more accurate diagnosis of pericardial effusion (67%) and (2) a characteristic "granular sparkling" appearance of the ventricular wall (55%).
(10) The truth is that some of these jokes might not have seemed very funny to the Romans either, no matter how the most sparkling ancient comic might have delivered them.
(11) But early audience figures for Big Brother suggests viewers are missing the celebrity sparkle – such as it was – provided by the likes of Kerry Katona and the show's eventual winner, Paddy Doherty .
(12) Instead, it fell steadily to just above the $1,000 mark, before this year’s sparkling recovery.
(13) Pedro was often the architect on a day when he introduced himself to the Chelsea supporters with a sparkling performance that included a goal and an assist on his debut.
(14) Yvonne Robertson, who had travelled from Glasgow with her district lodge, spoke of "an absolutely amazing day" as her red, white and blue glitter headband sparkled in the sunshine.
(15) Mané, in particular, has become erratic, while Tadic has suffered from the fact that opponents have studied him after his sparkling start to the campaign and increased their efforts to shackle him, partially by curtailing the ability of Southampton’s flying full-backs to support him down the flanks.
(16) A little magic from Messi, who sparkles along the byline and stands one up into the centre.
(17) Add as much of the sparkling water as you need to make a smooth, pliable mixture.
(18) And the sunlight, streaming down through the sparkling clear water, has turned the mother-of-pearl tones below into pure silver.
(19) For the first time, it looked like there was a sparkle in his eyes.
(20) Saponara has been at his sparkling best in the role, relishing the creative licence handed to him in a more central area.
Sparkler
Definition:
(n.) One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person.
(n.) One who, or that which, sparkles.
(n.) A tiger beetle.
Example Sentences:
(1) A pair took off from the newly tilled bare earth, chasing in tandem, making mazy, quicksilver, patterns with their white tail feathers glinting against the soil, as if they were playing with sparklers.
(2) We'd gather on the top tier for the fireworks display, watching catherine wheels spitting and fizzling out on the tree trunks, sparklers dancing in our hands.
(3) "Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is three fingers of supernatural teen romance served neat in a dirty glass with a sparkler and cocktail umbrella, and not a single concession is made to newcomers, or sanity," enthuses The Telegraph's Robbie Collin .
(4) Photograph: Cylla Von Tiedemann The Edinburgh international festival theatre programme is not a sparkler this year, but the one production that really glitters with promise is Tim Supple's version of the ancient tales gathered from across India, Persia and the Arab empire.
(5) But due to said [word obscured by bullethole] it is allowed.” Just a month before the bombing, Tsarnaev and some friends had lit sparklers on the banks of the Charles river.
(6) You don't commission someone like Julie Burchill to launch an Exocet missile and then say: "Oh dear, we only really wanted a sparkler."
(7) Firecrackers, bottle rockets, and sparklers contribute to the most hospitalizations.
(8) Each night, they’d go to big clubs, such as the VIP Rooms in Saint-Tropez or Gotha in Cannes, spend £5,000, £10,000 on a table and buy huge bottles of Dom Pérignon with sparklers,” she says.