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. 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. 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; as, sparkling wine.
6. v. To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
7. v. To disperse.
8. v. 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. To disperse.
8. v. 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