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sparkler en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English sparkle Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sparkler From sparkle + -er.

Meanings

  1. Anything that sparkles.
    • And yet a married woman, possessing your attractions, shuts her eyes (and sparklers too), and goes and runs her delicate-formed head against a wall. 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
  2. A hand-held firework that emits sparks.
    • The Playboy cover was of a girl in grey slacks and sandals, one hand on hip and the other waving a sparkler for Independence Day. 2006, Marcus Collins, Modern Love, page 258:
  3. (slang) A gem or ornament that sparkles.
    • When the bill came, I got a side-glance at it, and hoped Rose would have to hock her sparklers to pay it. 1964, Mexican Life: Mexico's Monthly Review, volume 40, page 65:
  4. A vivacious and charismatic person.
    • “As for Marilea, she was a sparkler. She was very effervescent. The family would often come out as a family unit when we were in the barnyard or the horse corral, and Marilea was just fine.” 2008, Robert Scott, Driven to Murder: The Blood Crimes at the Sam Donaldson Ranch:
  5. (informal) A sparkling wine.
    • Irvine's white, a grape variety named for Hans Irvine, who developed the vineyards at Great Western (now owned by Seppelt), is frequently used in the Australian sparklers. 1984, Sheldon Wasserman, Pauline Wasserman, Sparkling Wine, page 238:
  6. A tiger beetle.
  7. (dated) One who scatters; especially, one who scatters money; an improvident person.

Forms

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Deriveds

Sparkler

Translations (32)

bg брилянт (slang terms only: gem or ornament that sparkles) · fi kupliva (informal terms only: sparkling wine) · cmn 仙女棒 (hand-held firework) · bg бенгалски огън (hand-held firework) · nb stjerneskudd (hand-held firework) · fr cierge magique (hand-held firework) · sl prskalica (hand-held firework) · fi skumppa (informal terms only: sparkling wine) · nl sterretje (hand-held firework) · th ไฟเย็น (hand-held firework) · fi kuohari (informal terms only: sparkling wine) · tr maytap (hand-held firework) · cs prskavka (hand-held firework) · bg фойерверк (hand-held firework) · pl zimny ogień (hand-held firework) · sv tomtebloss (hand-held firework) · fi killutin (slang terms only: gem or ornament that sparkles) · hy բենգալյան կրակ (hand-held firework) · hu csillagszóró (hand-held firework) · be бенга́льскі аго́нь (hand-held firework) · tl luses (hand-held firework) · et säraküünal (hand-held firework) · uk бенга́льський вого́нь (hand-held firework) · da stjernekaster (hand-held firework) · ru бенга́льский ого́нь (hand-held firework) · de Wunderkerze (hand-held firework) · fi tähtisadetikku (hand-held firework) · el βεγγαλικό (hand-held firework) · de bengalisches Feuer (hand-held firework) · es bengala (hand-held firework) · ta மத்தாப்பு (hand-held firework) · uk бенга́льський во́гник (hand-held firework)

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