1. (

• scintillate ,

) give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" ;

2. (

• sparkle ,
• scintillate ,
• coruscate

) reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside" ;

3. (

• twinkle ,
• winkle ,
• scintillate

) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" ;

4. (

• scintillate

) physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced" ;

5. (

• sparkle ,
• scintillate ,
• coruscate

) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall" ;

1. (

• scintillating

) brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue" ;

2. (

• bubbling ,
• effervescent ,
• frothy ,
• scintillating ,
• sparkly

) marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders" ;

3. (

• aglitter ,
• coruscant ,
• fulgid ,
• glinting ,
• glistering ,
• glittering ,
• glittery ,
• scintillant ,
• scintillating ,
• sparkly

) 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" ;