Sparkle

Definition: Sparkle

Sparkle

Noun

1. Brightness and animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye".

2. The occurrence of a small flash or spark.

3. The quality of glittering or sparkling brightly.

Verb

1. Reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside.".

2. Be lively: "The music sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation".

3. Of liquids; "The boiling soup was frothing".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sparkle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

SPARKLE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Sparkle

Bubble

Verb: bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle, gurgle; effervesce, ferment, fizzle.

Crosswords: Sparkle

Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion (Donnie Darko; writing credit: Richard Kelly)

Sparkle someone else's eyes (American Woman; performing artist: Lenny Kravitz)

EYES THAT SPARKLE AND SHINE (You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful And You're Mine); performing artist: Ringo Starr)

What boys say to girls: What's that in your eye? Oh, it's a sparkle. (references; author: unknown)

Sparkle Lounge (1997)

Be Careful (performing artist: Sparkle featuring R. Kelly)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Sparkly Christmas Eve (Sparkle N Twinkle) (reference)

• Clean It Fast, Clean It Right: The Ultimate Guide to Making Absolutely Everything You Own Sparkle & Shine (reference)

• Henry and Mudge in the Sparkle Days (Ready-to-Read, Level 2) (reference)

• Simply Stars: Quilts That Sparkle (reference)

• Snowflake and Sparkle (Best Friends, Book 1) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Sparkle (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Chen-Yi: Sparkle (reference)

• Sparkle in the Rain [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [LIMITED EDITION] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Reader Rabbit Preschool Sparkle Star Rescue (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

U.S. Navy starts out on patrol duty. Soaring over the Atlantic Ocean, a U.S. Navy blimp is silhouetted against the sparkle of waves. These lighter-than-air craft are used for anti-submarine patrols. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The light seemed almost gone out, but then, at moments, they would be lighted up and sparkle like stars

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "sparkle": sparkle metal ♦ sparkle with anger ♦ sparkle with humour. Additional references.

Albanian

shkëlqim (aureola, aureole, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, distinction, eclat, effulgence, flamboyance, flamboyancy, flame, glint, glitter, glory, gloss, glow, halo, irradiation, lambency, luster, lustre, nimbus, pageantry, polish, pomp, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, scintillation, sheen, shine, splendor, splendour), xixëllon (flare, glitter, scintillate, twinkle), xixëllin (flare, glitter, spark), xixëllim (glitter, scintillation, sparkling, twinkle), xixë (glint, scintilla, spark, sparklet), vetëtin (gleam, lighten), ndrit (brighten, burn, gleam, glitter, shine, twinkle, water). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فوران (boiling, ebullition, effervescence), ‏لمع (beam, blaze, buff, burnish, coruscate, dazzle, enamel, flare, flash, furbish, gleam, glisten, glitter, polish, radiate, rub up, shine), ‏لامع (blazing, bright, brilliant, burnished, dazzling, flamboyant, flashing, glazed, gleaming, glimmering, glistering, glittering, glossed, glossy, golden, high, lambent, lucid, lustrous, outstanding, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheen, shining, shiny, showy, sleek, slick, sparkling, star, staring), ‏ومضة (glance, gleam, scintillation), ‏حيوية (activity, animation, dash, drive, elan, energy, ginger, life, liveliness, pep, spirit, sprightliness, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vitality, vivacity, youthfulness, zest, zing, zip), ‏تلألأ (glint, glisten, luster, lustre, scintillate, shimmer, spangle, twinkle), ‏تألق (blaze, brilliance, brilliancy, dazzle, effulgence, glint, glitter, glory, irradiate, luminosity, magnificence, outshine, radiance, radiate, ray, refulgence, scintillate, shine, shine through, star, vivacity), ‏إتقد (blaze), ‏إشتعل (burn, catch fire, flame, flame up, ignite, strike), ‏أطلق شررا (scintillate), ‏أثر ضئيل (tincture, twang, whisper), ‏شرارة (spark). (various references)

Bulgarian 

шумя, веселост (boisterousness, conviviality, gaiety, gladness, hilarity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, pleasantness, pleasantry, sprightliness), остроумие (ingeniousness, ingenuity, repartee, salt, wit, witticism, wittiness), блясък (blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, dash, eclat, effulgence, fire, flash, glamor, glamour, glance, glint, glitter, glory, gloss, glossiness, heraldry, illumination, irradiation, lambency, light, luminance, luminosity, luster, lustre, pageantry, polish, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, resplendency, sheen, shine, splendor, splendour), блестя (blaze, coruscate, dazzle, glance, gleam, glitter, glow, irradiate, scintillate, shine, shine out, twinkle), блестене, блещукам (flicker, glimmer, glister, scintillate, shimmer), искря (flash, glitter, scintillate, spark, twinkle), искрене (arcing, glitter, scintillation). (various references)

Chinese 

闪闪发光, 火花 (spark). (various references)

Czech

zářit (beam, blaze, eradiate, flash, fulgurate, glare, glean, lighten, radiate, shine), záře (brilliance, flare, glare, radiance, shine), třpytit se (blaze, coruscate, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillate, twinkle), třpyt (coruscation, dazzle, gleam, glint, glitter, radiance, shimmer, shine, twinkle), perlit (fizzle), jiskra (scintilla, snap, spark, vim, zest), jiskřit (emit sparks, glitter, spark), jiskření (scintillation, twinkle), blýskat se (glitter, shimmer). (various references)

Farsi 

چشمک زدن (Bat, Blink, Wink), تلالوء داشتن , تلالو (Glint, Glitter), جرقه زدن (Scintillate, Spark), جرقه (Arc, Scintillation, Spark), درخشش (Eclat, Glitter, Luster, Scintillation, Shine, Spangle), برق (Brilliance, Electricity, Flash, Glaze, Glint, Scintillation, Sheen). (various references)

Finnish

säkenöidä (scintillate), säihkyä (beam, flash, glow), säihky (lustre), välkkyä (flash, gleam, glimmer, glitter), räiskyä (crackle, spatter, splash), loiste (light, lustre, shine), kimaltaa (glimmer, glitter), helmeillä (bubble). (various references)

French

scintiller, vivacité (high spirits), pétiller, miroiter, jeter des feux, enflammer, brillons, brillez, briller, brillent, être brillant, étincellement, étinceler, éclatant (sparkling, splendit), éclat (splendour, splinter). (various references)

German

funkeln (blaze, coruscate, flame, flash, glare, gleam, glisten, glitter, resplendence, scintillate, to coruscate, to flash, to glitter, to scintillate, to sparkle, twinkle, twinkling). (various references)

Greek 

σπινθηρισμόσ (sparkling), σπινθηροβολώ (glitter, scintillate, spark, twinkle), σπινθηρίζω (twinkle), λάμπω (brighten, coruscate, eradiate, flare, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, shine), λαμπυρίζω (glint, shimmer), απαστράπτω (flare). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתסוס (bubble, ferment, fizz, foam, seethe, simmer), להתנוצץ (glitter, shine), להתנוסס (be hoisted, fly, wave), להבריק (burnish, lustre, polish, shine), לנצוץ (glitter, twinkle), לנצנץ (flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, twinkle), תוסס (bubbly, effervescent, fermenting, fizzy, sparkling), זיק (flicker, spark), נוצץ (brilliant, glistening, shiny, smart), נצנוץ (flash, flickering, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glint, glistening, glitter, shimmer, twinkle, twinkling). (various references)

Hungarian

szikra (flake, scintilla, spark). (various references)

Indonesian

kilau, gebyar (shine), cemerlang (bright, brilliant, dazzling, gleaming), celak (glisten), berapi-ap (furious, glitter). (various references)

Italian

sfavillare (blaze, flicker, shine, spark). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

煌めき (glimmer, glitter, twinkle), きまり悪い (at once, being ashamed, Eek!, feeling awkward, glisten, glitter, look around restlessly, quickly, right away, squeak, squeaking, tightly, twinkle, Yipe!), びんびん来る (glitter, to get an erection). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きらきら (glisten, glitter, twinkle), きらめき (glimmer, glitter, twinkle), ぴかぴか (glitter). (various references)

Korean 

불꽃 (spark, SPARKS). (various references)

Manx

drilleen, ceau drilleeyn (scintillate). (various references)

Pig Latin

arklespay.(various references)

Portuguese

reluzir (coruscate, flash, glint, glisten, glitter, lamp, shine), luzir (glance, lamp, shine), lampejo (flash, scintilla), espumar (boil, cream, fizz, foam, froth, lathe, lather, mantle, prime), cintilar (blink, flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, ray, scintillate, shine, twinkle, wink), cintilação (effulgence, flashing, flicker, glint, glisten, glitter, lambency, scintillation, sparkling, twinkle, twinkling), chispa (scintilla, spark), centelha (flake, flicker, scintilla, spark, twinkle), brilhar (burn, flame, flash, flourish, glance, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, irradiate, lamp, lighten, scintillate, shine, twinkle), borbulhar (bubble, gemmate, guggle, gurgle). (various references)

Romanian

scânteiere (gleam, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shaft), scânteie (glance, gleam, spark), scãpãra (lighten, throw), scãpãrare, sclipi (gleam, glimmer, glimpse, glisten, glitter, lighten, shimmer, shine, twinkle), sclipire (brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, flare, flash, gleam, glisten, glister, glitter, sheen, shimmer, shine, twinkle), strãluci (beam, blaze, coruscate, dazzle, flame, flare, flash, glance, glare, gleam, glisten, glitter, glow, irradiate, light, radiate, scintillate, shine, star), strãlucire (bravery, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, eclat, effulgence, fineness, fire, flame, flash, flashing, flush, gaiety, glitter, gloss, glow, gorgeousness, grandeur, irradiance, irradiation, lucency, luminosity, luster, lustre, panoply, pomp, radiance, radiancy, radiation, refulgence, resplendence, richness, scintillation, sheen, shine, splendor, splendour), scânteia (coruscate, flash, glance, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, kindle, scintillate, spark, twinkle), vivacitate (vivaciousness, vivacity), fi spumos, luci (burnish, glance, gleam, glisten, shine), licãrire (blink, glance, glimmer, glimpse, glint, glitter, Ray, shimmer, spark, sparkling, twinkle), licãri (flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glimpse, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, shine, twinkle, wink), licãr (gleam, spark), fulgera (dumbfound, flash, fulminate, gleam, glitter, lighten, strike, thunder). (various references)

Russian 

сверкать;искрить искра, сияние (aureola, aureole, beam, effulgence, gloriole, irradiation, luster, lustre, nimbus, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, sheen, shine), искриться (scintillate, spark), искорка (sparklet). (various references)

Scottish

splang (a sparkle), drithleann (a sparkle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sjaj (blazon, blazonry, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, eclat, effulgence, gloss, glow, luminosity, luster, lustre, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, sheen, shine, splendor, splendour), vrcati (gush, spurt), penušati, iskra (spark), blistanje (glitter), bleštati. (various references)

Spanish

viveza (airiness, brightness, briskness, life, liveliness, poignancy, quickness, richness, scintillation, smartness), relucir (gleam, glisten, shine), destello (beam, blink, coruscation, flash, flashing, gleam, glint, spark), destellar (blink, flash, gleam, glint, scintillate), chispear (scintillate, spark, spot, spray), centelleo (glimmer, glint, scintillation, twinkle, twinkling), centellear (glimmer, glint, scintillate, twinkle), brillo (bloom, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, eclat, glare, glint, gloss, glossiness, glow, radiance, radiancy, sheen, shimmer, shine), brillar (blaze, flame, flash, gleam, glow, scintillate, shimmer, shine, twinkle). (various references)

Swedish

tindra (glisten, scintillate, twinkle), spraka (crackle, crepitate), gnistra (coruscate, flash, scintillate, spark, twinkle). (various references)

Turkish

parlayış, parlamak (beam, blaze, blink, coruscate, flare up, flash, fulminate, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, light up, lighten, loose off at, shine, shine out, smile, twinkle), parlama (deflagrate, deflagration, explosion, flare, flare up, flash, glaze, irradiance, shining, sparkling), parlak zekâ, parıldamak (glance, gleam, glimmer, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, shine, twinkle), pırıltı (blaze, dazzle, gleam, glisten, sheen, shimmer, spark of, twinkle, twinkling), köpürmek (be hopping mad, boil, boil over, bubble, churn, cream, effervesce, explode, fizz, fly off the handle, foam, froth, lather, rage, ramp, ramp and rage, seethe, yeast), kıvılcım saçmak (glint, scintillate, spark), göz kamaştırmak (bedazzle, blind, dazzle, glare, look one's best), ışımak (beam, blaze, flare, gleam, light, light up, radiate, Ray, shine), ışıma (radiance, radiation), ışıldamak (blink, coruscate, gleam, glint, scintillate, shine, twinkle), ışık saçmak (beam, burn, flare, irradiate, light, light up, lighten, radiate, Ray, shine). (various references)

Turkmen 

uзgun (spangle), яyldyramak (flash, glitter), lowurdamak (glitter, shine). (various references)

Ukrainian

іскритися (glisten, scintillate, spark), іскорка (sparklet), відзначатися (patent), жвавість (agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, liveliness, mercuriality, nimbleness, oomph, quickness, starch, tightness, verve, vigor, vigour, vivacity), бути пожвавленим, блискітка (paillette), блиск (blaze, brightness, brilliance, burnish, coruscation, effulgence, glance, irradiation, luster, lustre, oriency, pomp, resplendence, scintillation, shine, splendor, splendour), проблиск (flash, flicker, peep, spark). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự linh lợi, sự lấp lánh (play, twinkle), sự lóng lánh, ánh lấp lánh sự sắc sảo. (various references)

Welsh

serennu (scintillate), pefrio (radiate), gwreichioni (emit sparks). (various references)

nim. (various references)

adarsa, ardeam, ardebat, ardebit, ardens, ardente, ardentem, ardentes, ardenti, ardentis, ardentium, ardere, arderent, arderet, ardet, arsa, arserit, candacis, candens, candeo, exardebit, mico. (various references)

glitzern. (various references)

brillare. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "sparkle": sparkled, sparkler, sparklers, sparkles. (additional references)

Words ending with "sparkle": asparkle, outsparkle. (additional references)

Words containing "sparkle": outsparkled, outsparkles. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sparkle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Parklea, Sarkhel, Searelle, sparclxe, sparke, spracle, starkle. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: lakers, lapser, parles, pearls, slaker, splake.

-2 letters: apers, apres, arles, asker, asper, earls, eskar, kales, kelps, laker, lakes, lapse, lares, larks, laser, leaks, leaps, lears, paler, pales, pares, parks, parle, parse, peaks, peals, pearl, pears, perks, pleas, prase, presa, rakes, rales, rapes, reals, reaps, saker, salep, sepal, seral, skelp, slake, spake, spale.

+1 letter: asparkle, sparkled, sparkler, sparkles, sparlike.

+2 letters: lakeports, lapstrake, plankters, ropewalks, sparklers, sparklier.

+3 letters: kiloparsec, outsparkle, parbuckles, playmakers, sparkliest, superflack, workplaces.

+4 letters: backslapper, goalkeepers, kiloparsecs, loudspeaker, marlinspike, outsparkled, outsparkles, painkillers, plasterwork, platemakers, ropewalkers, sleepwalker, spacewalker, sparrowlike, superflacks.

+5 letters: backslappers, frankpledges, keratoplasty, loudspeakers, marketplaces, marlinespike, marlinspikes, placekickers, plasterworks, postcardlike, realpolitiks, sleepwalkers, spacewalkers, sparkplugged, zooplankters.