sparkle
pronunciation
How to pronounce sparkle in British English:
UK [ˈspɑːkl]
How to pronounce sparkle in American English:
US [ˈspɑːrkl]
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- Noun:
- brightness and animation of countenance
- the occurrence of a small flash or spark
- the quality of glittering or sparkling brightly
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- Verb:
- reflect brightly
- be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
- emit or produce sparks
- form bubbles
Word Origin
- sparkle (n.)
- early 14c., from sparkle (v.), or a diminutive of spark (n.).
- sparkle (v.)
- c. 1200, "to shine as if giving off sparks," frequentative verb form of Middle English sparke (see spark (v.)). Meaning "emit sparks" is from late 15c. Related: Sparkled; sparkling.
Example
- 1. In today 's sharp sparkle , this winter air , anything can be made , any sentence begun .
- 2. Bernstein said increased margins from phone plan sales supported by a rise in the use of data by smartphone users " continued to sparkle " .
- 3. The dew made everything on the ground sparkle , and reaffirmed his belief that this was truly god 's country .
- 4. Get to work unpicking these concepts and it soon becomes plain that , like many french philosophers , mr badiou sacrifices clarity for linguistic zip and sparkle .
- 5. The city 's underbelly , not its sparkle , made international headlines last year : trucker strikes , railway snafus and home-owner protests defined shanghai 's 2011 .