Word

sparkle, v.
(sparkled, sparkles, sparkling)
freq. cnt. 2

be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
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coruscate scintillate sparkle

sample sentences

"The musical performance sparkled"
"A scintillating conversation"
"his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"

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lexical pointers

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sparkle

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scintillation

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coruscation

semantic pointers

hypernym

reflect brightly
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coruscate scintillate sparkle

sample sentences

"Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"

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Lights %s on the horizon
The horizon is %sing with lights

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sparkle sparkling sparkle sparkler

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scintillant scintillation

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coruscant coruscation

semantic pointers

hypernym

shine, reflect

become bubbly or frothy or foaming
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effervesce fizz foam form bubbles froth sparkle

sample sentences

"The boiling soup was frothing"
"The river was foaming"
"sparkling water"

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foam

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froth

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fizz

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effervescent effervescent effervescence effervescence

semantic pointers

hyponym

lather seethe

hypernym

bubble

emit or produce sparks
<verb.weather> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

spark sparkle

sample sentences

"A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"

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lexical pointers

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spark spark spark

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sparkle

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hypernym

emit, give out, give off