SPARKLE


Meaning of SPARKLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ spɑ:(r)k(ə)l ]

( sparkles, sparkling, sparkled)

1.

If something sparkles , it is clear and bright and shines with a lot of very small points of light.

The jewels on her fingers sparkled...

His bright eyes sparkled.

...the sparkling blue waters of the ocean.

= glitter

VERB : V , V , V-ing

Sparkle is also a noun.

...the sparkle of coloured glass.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

Sparkles are small points of light caused by light reflecting off a clear bright surface.

...sparkles of light...

There was a sparkle in her eye that could not be hidden.

N-COUNT

3.

Someone who sparkles is lively, intelligent, and witty.

She sparkles, and has as much zest as a person half her age...

VERB : V [ approval ]

Sparkle is also a noun.

There was little sparkle in their performance.

N-UNCOUNT

• spar‧kling

He is sparkling and versatile in front of the camera.

ADJ

4.

see also sparkling

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