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1. Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
   "he had a sparkle in his eye"
   - twinkle, spark, light
    
2. The occurrence of a small flash or spark
   - glitter, coruscation
    
3. The quality of shining with a bright reflected light
   - glitter, glister [archaic], glisten, scintillation

1. Reflect brightly
   "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
   - scintillate, coruscate, glister
    
2. Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
   "The musical performance sparkled"
   - scintillate, coruscate, glister
    
3. Emit or produce sparks
   - spark
    
4. Become bubbly or frothy or foaming
   "Sparkling water"
   - foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, form bubbles

Derived forms: sparkles, sparkled, sparkling

See also: sparkler, sparkling, sparkly

Type of: aspect, be, brightness, bubble, emit, expression, face, facial expression, flash, give off, give out, look, reflect, shine, verve, vitality

Encyclopedia: Sparkle Sparkle, California