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

sparkle \spar"kle\, v. i. imp.  p. p. sparkled; p. pr.  vb.
   n. sparkling. see sparkle, n., spark of fire.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            a mantelet upon his shoulder hanging
            bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. to manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to
      glisten; to flash.
      1913 webster

            i see bright honor sparkle through your eyes.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. to emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to
      effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
      1913 webster

   syn: to shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate;
        glitter; twinkle.
        1913 webster
see also:
sparkled sparkling sparkle 

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

sparkling \spar"kling\, a.
   emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as,
   sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- spar"klingly, adv. --
   spar"klingness, n.
   1913 webster

   syn: brilliant; shining. see shining.
        1913 webster
see also:
spar"klingly spar"klingness shining 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sparkling
     adj 1: shining with brilliant points of light like stars;
            "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes"
     2: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile
        effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality";
        "sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
        syn: bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkly
     3: used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially
        with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water"
        syn: effervescent ant: still
     4: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
        beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
        "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
        window full of glittering christmas trees"; "glittery
        costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
        stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
        an archaic term" syn: aglitterp, coruscant, fulgid,
         glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant,
         scintillating, sparklinga, sparkly
     n : a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash syn: twinkle,
          scintillation
see also:
bubbling effervescent scintillating sparkly still aglitterp 
coruscant fulgid glinting glistering glittering 
glittery scintillant sparklinga twinkle scintillation 

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

150 moby thesaurus words for "sparkling":
   attic, beaming, beaten, beatific, beatified, biting, blebby,
   blessed, blinking, blinky, blissful, blistered, blistering,
   blistery, blithe, blithesome, blooming, bright, bright and sunny,
   brilliant, bubbling, bubbly, burbling, burbly, capering,
   carbonated, cheerful, cheery, chiffon, chirping, clever, coruscant,
   coruscating, dancing, dazzling, devastating, divine, droll,
   ebullient, effervescent, elated, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted,
   exhilarated, facetious, fizzy, flushed, flushed with joy, funny,
   gay, genial, glad, gladsome, glamorous, glimmering, glimmerous,
   glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittering, glittery, glorious,
   glowing, gorgeous, happy, heavenly, high, hopeful, humorous,
   humorsome, in good spirits, in high spirits, irrepressible,
   jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, joyful, joyous,
   keen, keen-witted, killing, laughing, leaping, lively, mordant,
   nimble-witted, of good cheer, optimistic, peppy, piquant, pleasant,
   poignant, pointed, puffed, pungent, purring, quick-witted, racy,
   radiant, rapier-like, raving, ravishing, resplendent, riant, rosy,
   salt, salty, sanguine, sanguineous, scintillant, scintillating,
   scintillescent, sharp, shimmering, shimmery, shining, singing,
   smart, smiling, smirking, souffle, souffleed, spangly, spirited,
   splendid, splendorous, splendrous, sprightly, spumescent,
   starry-eyed, stunning, sublime, sunny, thrice happy, tinselly,
   twinkling, twinkly, vesicant, vesicated, vesicatory, vesicular,
   vivacious, whimsical, whipped, winsome, witty

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