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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SP'ARKLING, ppr. or a. Emitting sparks; glittering; lively; as sparkling wine; sparkling eyes.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: shining with brilliant points of light like stars; "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes"
2: used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water" [syn: sparkling, effervescent] [ant: noneffervescent, still] n
1: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn: twinkle, scintillation, sparkling]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sparkle Spar"kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sparkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sparkling.] [See Sparkle, n., Spark of fire.] 1. To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle. A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling. --Chaucer. 2. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes. --Milton. 3. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine. Syn: To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate; glitter; twinkle.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sparkling Spar"kling, a. Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- Spar"kling*ly, adv. -- Spar"kling*ness, n. Syn: Brilliant; shining. See Shining.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Sparkling drinks are slightly fizzy. ...a glass of sparkling wine. ...a new lightly sparkling drink. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If a company is described as having sparkling figures or sparkling results, it has performed very well and made a lot of money. (JOURNALISM) Top retailer Marks & Spencer has romped in with another set of sparkling results. ADJ: usu ADJ n 3. see also sparkle

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Glittering, glistening, twinkling, flashing, brilliant. 2. Bubbling, foaming, effervescing, frothing, mantling. 3. Lively, glowing, brilliant, spirited, piquant, vigorous, forcible, strong, nervous, racy, impassioned.

Moby Thesaurus

Attic, beaming, beaten, beatific, beatified, biting, blebby, blessed, blinking, blinky, blissful, blistered, blistering, blistery, blithe, blithesome, blooming, bright, bright and sunny, brilliant, bubbling, bubbly, burbling, burbly, capering, carbonated, cheerful, cheery, chiffon, chirping, clever, coruscant, coruscating, dancing, dazzling, devastating, divine, droll, ebullient, effervescent, elated, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, exhilarated, facetious, fizzy, flushed, flushed with joy, funny, gay, genial, glad, gladsome, glamorous, glimmering, glimmerous, glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittering, glittery, glorious, glowing, gorgeous, happy, heavenly, high, hopeful, humorous, humorsome, in good spirits, in high spirits, irrepressible, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, joyful, joyous, keen, keen-witted, killing, laughing, leaping, lively, mordant, nimble-witted, of good cheer, optimistic, peppy, piquant, pleasant, poignant, pointed, puffed, pungent, purring, quick-witted, racy, radiant, rapier-like, raving, ravishing, resplendent, riant, rosy, salt, salty, sanguine, sanguineous, scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent, sharp, shimmering, shimmery, shining, singing, smart, smiling, smirking, souffle, souffleed, spangly, spirited, splendid, splendorous, splendrous, sprightly, spumescent, starry-eyed, stunning, sublime, sunny, thrice happy, tinselly, twinkling, twinkly, vesicant, vesicated, vesicatory, vesicular, vivacious, whimsical, whipped, winsome, witty