Dictionary Entry
sparkle
sparkle is a 7-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A little spark; a scintillation. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 15 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A little spark; a scintillation.
- 2noun
Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
- 5noun
To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
- 6transitive verb
To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
- 7transitive verb
To disperse.
- 8transitive verb
To scatter on or over.
- 9noun
the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
- 10noun
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"
- 11noun
the occurrence of a small flash or spark
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- 12verb
be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
"The musical performance sparkled"
"A scintillating conversation"
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- 13verb
become bubbly or frothy or foaming
"The boiling soup was frothing"
"The river was foaming"
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- 14verb
reflect brightly
"Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
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- 15verb
emit or produce sparks
"A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"
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