sparkling en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈspɑɹklɪŋ/ (General-American)
- /ˈspɑːkl̩ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈspɑɹkl̩ɪŋ/ (General-American)
- /ˈspɑːklɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
By surface analysis, sparkle + -ing.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks or flashes of light.
"Methinks 't were sweet once more to see Our native forest shade, And the wild streamlet leaping free Along the sparkling glade,...
1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Carloman and Merovee, page 78:
- (not-comparable) Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
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(figuratively, not-comparable) Brilliant and vivacious.
While we know – because the script tells us so – that the people we are watching are in love and in pain and in trouble, they never come across as more than dispensers of sparkling aperçus.
2014 October 30, Ben Brantley, “When the head leads the heart: 'The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, opens on Broadway [print version: When the witty head is far ahead of the heart: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor star in revival of 'Real Thing', International New York Times, 4 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times:The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s.
1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:
Antonyms
noncarbonated (antonym(s) of) · still
Deriveds
nonsparkling · sparkling water · unsparkling · sparklingly · sparkling cider · sparklingness · semisparkling · sparkling perry
Synonyms
ignescent (of an object, reflecting light) · glistening (of an object, reflecting light) · twinkling (of an object, reflecting light) · carbonated · fizzy (of a beverage)
Translations (70)
ka კაშკაშა (of an object) · la coruscus (of an object) · pl lśniący (of an object) · cmn 氣泡 /气泡 (of a beverage) · bg искрящ (of an object) · el λάμπων (of an object) · ka ცქრიალა (of a beverage) · ru искря́щийся (of an object) · pt gaseificada (of a beverage) · id berkilau (of an object) · mk блескав (of an object) · it scintillante (of an object) · ru игри́стый (of a beverage) · mk гази́ран (of a beverage) · ka შუშხუნა (of a beverage) · it gassato (of a beverage) · sv glittrande (of an object) · cs perlivý (of a beverage) · es gaseoso (of a beverage) · pl gazowany (of a beverage) · gl gasoso (of a beverage) · hu szénsavas (of a beverage) · es efervescente (of a beverage) · ka ელვარე (of an object) · cs šumivý (of a beverage) · no glitre (of an object) · ru газиро́ванный (of a beverage) · fr effervescent (of a beverage) · ru шипу́чий (of a beverage) · pl musujący (of a beverage) · bg пенлив (of a beverage) · es espumoso (of a beverage) · cs třpytivý (of an object) · el αφρώδης (of a beverage) · la coruscans (of an object) · ka პრიალა (of an object) · el αστραφτερός (of an object) · de sprudelnd (of a beverage) · hi चमक (of an object) · de prickelnd (of a beverage) · fi säkenöivä (of an object) · nrf pétillant (of a beverage) · sh газиран (of a beverage) · pl mieniący się (of an object) · ka ბრდღვიალა (of an object) · de funkelnd (of an object) · ka ბრჭყვიალა (of an object) · hu buborékos (of a beverage) · el αεριούχος (of a beverage) · sv glimrande (of an object) · bg блестящ (of an object) · pt cintilante (of an object) · de glitzernd (of an object) · ka მჩქეფარე (of a beverage) · ka გაზიანი (of a beverage) · sh gaziran (of a beverage) · ml തിളങ്ങുന്ന (of an object) · unm sapële (of an object) · fr pétillant (of a beverage) · it frizzante (of a beverage) · az qazlı (of a beverage) · id bersoda (of a beverage) · el σπινθηροβόλος (of an object) · ka ნაპერწკლებიანი (of an object) · ka ბრიალა (of an object) · bg газиран (of a beverage) · fi kupliva (of a beverage) · ga lonrach (of an object) · it brillante (of an object) · es centelleante (of an object)