1. [noun] A little spark; a scintillation.
2. [noun] Brilliance; luster.
3. [verb] (intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles, as the blazing wood sparkles.
4. [verb] (by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the stars sparkle.
5. [verb] (intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
6. [verb] (intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
7. [verb] (transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
8. [verb] (transitive) (obsolete) To disperse.
9. [verb] (transitive) (obsolete) To scatter on or over.
10. [noun] Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; 'he had a sparkle in his eye'; 'there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes'.
11. [noun] The occurrence of a small flash or spark.
12. [noun] The quality of shining with a bright reflected light.
13. [verb] Reflect brightly; 'Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside'.
14. [verb] Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; 'The musical performance sparkled'; 'A scintillating conversation'; 'his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall'.
15. [verb] Emit or produce sparks; 'A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark'.
16. [verb] Become bubbly or frothy or foaming; 'The boiling soup was frothing'; 'The river was foaming'; 'Sparkling water'.
