Sparkling
['spɑːk(ə)lɪŋ;'spɑːklɪŋ] or ['spɑrklɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; 'sparkling wines'; 'sparkling water' .
(adj.) shining with brilliant points of light like stars; 'sparkling snow'; 'sparkling eyes' .
Edited by Davy--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sparkle
(a.) Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes.
Checker: Witt
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Glittering, glistening, twinkling, flashing.[2]. Bubbling, foaming, effervescing, frothing, mantling.[3]. Lively, glowing, spirited, piquant, vigorous, forcible, strong, nervous, racy, impassioned.
Editor: Lucius
Examples
- Sparkling Must requires an addition of 6 to 7 ounces of salicylic acid per 100 gallons. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- But in spite of the comical red imps, sparkling elves, and the gorgeous princes and princesses, Jo's pleasure had a drop of bitterness in it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Georgiana,' said Mr Lammle, low and smiling, and sparkling all over, like a harlequin; 'you are not in your usual spirits. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- No, not even when the sparkling host proposed that the quartette should take an appropriately sparkling glass of wine. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The connoisseur, accustomed to the possession of jewels, finds in its soft luster a grandeur above that of all the sparkling stones. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Winter again came round, with its winds, frosts, tame robins, and sparkling starlight. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Locked in his embrace, she spoke thus, and cast back her head, seeking an assent to her words in his eyes--they were sparkling with ineffable delight. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- His lady greeted him with some of her sparkling vivacity. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Nor can it have been the general expression of her face, which was very sparkling and pretty for an old lady. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She looked paler than usual, but sparkling with an unwonted animation. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The meanest streets are strewed with truncated columns, broken capitals--Corinthian and Ionic, and sparkling fragments of granite or porphyry. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A-sparkling all over here, says Jo, rubbing the fingers of his left hand on the knuckles of his right without taking his eyes from the figure. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There was a score of candles sparkling round the mantel piece, in all sorts of quaint sconces, of gilt and bronze and porcelain. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Such men are the sparkling streams that flow through the dusty stretches of a nation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Think ye that I prize these sparkling fragments of stone above my liberty? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Checked by Curtis