[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

glitter \glit"ter\, n.
   a bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster;
   brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal
   equipage. --milton.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

glitter \glit"ter\, v. i. imp.  p. p. glittered; p. pr. 
   vb. n. glittering. oe. gliteren; akin to sw. glittra,
   icel. glitra, glita, as. glitenian, os. glimactan, ohg.
   glimaczzan, g. gleissen, goth. glitmunjan, and also to e.
   glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.
   1913 webster
   1. to sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
      broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
      sword.
      1913 webster

            the field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
      as, the glittering scenes of a court.

   syn: to gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
        see gleam, flash.
        1913 webster
see also:
glittered glittering gleam flash 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

glitter
     n 1: the quality of glittering or sparkling brightly syn: glister,
           glisten, scintillation, sparkle
     2: the occurrence of a small flash or spark syn: sparkle, coruscation
     v : be shiny, as if wet; "his eyes were glistening" syn: glisten,
          glint, gleam, shine
see also:
glister glisten scintillation sparkle coruscation glint 
gleam shine 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

86 moby thesaurus words for "glitter":
   be somebody, be something, bespangle, blatancy, blink, blinking,
   brazenness, brilliance, colorfulness, coruscate, coruscation,
   crudeness, cut a dash, cut a figure, cut a swath, dash, dazzle,
   dazzlingness, extravagance, extravaganza, extravagation, figure,
   firefly, flagrancy, flamboyance, flash, flashiness, floridity,
   floridness, flourish, gaiety, garishness, gaudery, gaudiness,
   glamor, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk,
   glisten, glister, glittering, glow, glowworm, gorgeousness,
   jauntiness, jazziness, live, loudness, luridness, make a figure,
   make a show, make a splash, meretriciousness, obtrusiveness,
   ostentation, pageantry, panache, pizzazz, refulgence, scintilla,
   scintillate, scintillation, sensationalism, shamelessness, shimmer,
   shimmering, shine, showiness, spangle, spark, sparkle, spectacle,
   splash, splendor, splurge, sportiness, stroboscopic light,
   tawdriness, tinsel, twinkle, twinkling, vulgarness

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