glitter

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A sparkling or glistening light.
2. n. Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness.
3. n. Small pieces of light-reflecting decorative material.
4. v. To sparkle brilliantly; glisten. See Synonyms at flash.
5. v. To sparkle coldly or malevolently: eyes that glittered at the prospect of revenge.
6. v. To be brilliantly, often deceptively, attractive.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To shine or gleam with scattered light; emit scintillating flashes of light; sparkle; glisten: as, a glittering sword.
2. Hence—2. To be brilliant or showy; be attractive from showiness: as, the glittering scenes of a court.
3. Synonyms Glisten, Gleam, etc. See glare, intransitive verb
4. n. Sparkling or scintillating light; brilliancy; splendor; luster: as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.
5. n. A talus slope.

Wiktionary

1. n. A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.
2. n. A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.
3. v. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.
4. v. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.
2. v. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive.
3. n. A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. be shiny, as if wet
2. n. the occurrence of a small flash or spark
3. n. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light