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.
Definitions
- noun. A little spark; a scintillation.
- noun. Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.
- noun. 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.
- noun. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
- noun. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
- transitive verb. To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
- transitive verb. To disperse.
- transitive verb. To scatter on or over.
- noun. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
- noun. 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"
- noun. the occurrence of a small flash or spark
- verb. be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
"The musical performance sparkled"
"A scintillating conversation"
- verb. become bubbly or frothy or foaming
"The boiling soup was frothing"
"The river was foaming"
- verb. reflect brightly
"Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
- verb. emit or produce sparks
"A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"
Synonyms
glisten, glister, glitter, scintillation, light, spark, twinkle, coruscation, coruscate, scintillate, effervesce, fizz, foam, froth
Common word forms
sparkled, sparkler, sparkles, sparkling
Words from these letters
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