sparkling 1 of 2

adjective

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1
as in effervescent

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2
as in gleaming

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as in scintillating

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sparkling

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verb

present participle of sparkle
1
as in glowing
to give off sparks while fireworks that sparkle may be entertaining to look at, they can be highly dangerous when used indoors

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as in glittering
to shoot forth bursts of light the crystal sparkled in the sunlight

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“Sparkling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sparkling. Accessed 4 Feb. 2023.

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