1. (

• twinkle ,
• scintillation ,
• sparkling

) a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash ;

1. (

• sparkle ,
• scintillate ,
• coruscate

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

2. (

• sparkle ,
• scintillate ,
• coruscate

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

3. (

• spark ,
• sparkle ,

) emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark" ;

4. (

• foam ,
• froth ,
• fizz ,
• effervesce ,
• sparkle ,
• form_bubbles

) become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "sparkling water" ;

1. (

• sparkling

) shining with brilliant points of light like stars; "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes" ;

2. (

• sparkling ,
• effervescent ,

) used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water" ;