| Noun | 1. | sparkle - brightness and animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye" | |
| 2. | sparkle - the occurrence of a small flash or sparkflash - a sudden intense burst of radiant energy | |
| 3. | sparkle - the quality of glittering or sparkling brightlybrightness - the location of a visual perception along the black-to-white continuum | |
| Verb | 1. | sparkle - reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"shine, reflect - be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" | |
| 2. | sparkle - be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throught the concert hall"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
| 3. | sparkle - emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"give out, emit, give off - give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" | |
| 4. | sparkle - form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"lather - form a lather; "The shaving cream lathered" bubble - form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling" seethe - foam as if boiling; "a seething liquid" | |