sparkling

spar·kle  (spärkl)

v. spar·kled, spar·kling, spar·kles

v.intr.

1. To give off sparks.

2. To give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter. See Synonyms at flash.

3. To be brilliant in performance.

4.

a. To shine with animation: He has eyes that sparkle.

b. To flash with wit: Her conversation sparkled all evening.

5. To release gas bubbles; effervesce: Champagne sparkles.

v.tr.

To cause to flash and glitter: Sunlight was sparkling the waves.

n.

1. A small spark or gleaming particle.

2. A glittering quality.

3. Brilliant animation; vivacity.

4. Emission of gas bubbles; effervescence.

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[Middle English sparklen, frequentative of sparken, to spark; see spark¹.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sparkling - a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash twinkle, scintillation alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
Adj.	1.	sparkling - shining with brilliant points of light like stars; "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes" starry - abounding with or resembling stars; "a starry night"; "starry illumination"
	2.	sparkling - used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water" effervescent noneffervescent, still - not sparkling; "a still wine"; "still mineral water"

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sparkling

adjective

1. fizzy, bubbly, effervescent, frothy, carbonated, foamy, gassy a glass of sparkling wine

2. vibrant, lively, animated, vivacious, bright, brilliant, ebullient, effervescent He is sparkling and versatile in front of the camera.

3. glittering, bright, glistening, flashing, shining, gleaming, shimmering, twinkling, glinting, scintillating, lustrous jellies that look like sparkling jewels in the fall sunshine

Translations

sparkling [ˈspɑːklɪŋ] ADJ

1. (= bright) [glass etc] → centelleante; [eyes] → chispeante

2. (= fizzy) [wine] → espumoso
a sparkling drink → una bebida espumosa
sparkling water → agua con gas

3. (= scintillating) [person, wit, conversation] → chispeante

sparkling [ˈspɑː^rklɪŋ] adj

[jewel, light, eyes] → étincelant(e); [water] → scintillant(e)

[wine] → mousseux/euse, pétillant(e); [water] → pétillant(e)

[person, performance, wit] → étincelant(e)

sparkling

adj lights → glänzend, funkelnd; eyes → funkelnd; wit → sprühend; (= lively) person → vor Leben sprühend; (= scintillating) performance → brilliant; (= witty) person, speech, conversation → vor Geist sprühend; (= bubbling) lemonade etc → perlend; wine → perlend, moussierend; cider → kohlensäurehaltig; sparkling (mineral) water → Mineralwasser nt → mit Kohlensäure, Selterswasser nt; sparkling wine (as type) → Schaumwein m, → Sekt m; (= slightly sparkling) → Perlwein m; in sparkling form → in glänzender Form; the car was sparkling (clean) → das Auto blitzte vor Sauberkeit

adv → funkelnd, blitzend; sparkling clean floors and walls → blitzsaubere Fußböden und Wände

sparkling [ˈspɑːklɪŋ] adj (gen) → scintillante, sfavillante; (person, conversation) → brillante; (wine) → frizzante