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Verb: scintillate  'sin`tleyt
  1. Give off
    "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"
     
  2. Reflect brightly
    - sparkle, coruscate, glister []
     
  3. Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
    - twinkle, winkle
     
  4. Physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
     
  5. Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
    "A scintillating conversation"
    - sparkle, coruscate, glister []

Derived forms: scintillated, scintillates, scintillating

See also: scintilla, scintillant, scintillation

Type of: be, beam, emit, fluoresce, give off, give out, reflect, shine

Encyclopedia: Scintillate