sparkle

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To give off sparks.
2. v. To give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter. See Synonyms at flash.
3. v. To be brilliant in performance.
4. v. To shine with animation: He has eyes that sparkle.
5. v. To flash with wit: Her conversation sparkled all evening.
6. v. To release gas bubbles; effervesce: Champagne sparkles.
7. v. To cause to flash and glitter: Sunlight was sparkling the waves.
8. n. A small spark or gleaming particle.
9. n. A glittering quality.
10. n. Brilliant animation; vivacity.
11. n. Emission of gas bubbles; effervescence.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To emit sparks; send off small ignited particles, as burning fuel, etc.
2. To shine as if giving out sparks; glitter; glisten; scintillate, literally or figuratively: as, a brilliant sparkles; a sparkling beauty; sparkling wit.
3. Synonyms and
4. Scintillate, Glitter, etc. (see glare, verb i.), coruscate.
5. To emit with coruscations; throw out sparklingly.
6. To scatter; disperse.
7. To sprinkle; spatter.
8. n. A spark; an ignited or a luminous particle, or something comparable to it; a scintillation; a gleam.
9. n. The act or state of sparkling; emission of sparks or scintillations; sparkling luminosity or luster: used literally or figuratively.

Wiktionary

1. n. A little spark; a scintillation.
2. n. Brilliance; luster
3. v. intransitive 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.
4. v. intransitive To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
5. v. intransitive To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
6. v. transitive To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
7. v. transitive, obsolete To disperse.
8. v. transitive, obsolete To scatter on or over.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A little spark; a scintillation.
2. n. Brilliancy; luster.
3. v. 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.
4. v. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
5. v. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce.
6. v. To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
7. v. obsolete To disperse.
8. v. obsolete To scatter on or over.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the occurrence of a small flash or spark
2. n. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
3. v. become bubbly or frothy or foaming
4. n. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
5. v. be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
6. v. emit or produce sparks
7. v. reflect brightly