Glitter

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  • noun. A sparkling or glistening light.
  • noun. Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness.
  • noun. Small pieces of light-reflecting decorative material.
  • intransitive verb. To sparkle brilliantly; glisten: synonym: flash.
  • intransitive verb. To be reflected as a sparkling or glistening light.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To shine or gleam with scattered light; emit scintillating flashes of light; sparkle; glisten: as, a glittering sword.
  • Hence—2. To be brilliant or showy; be attractive from showiness: as, the glittering scenes of a court.
  • Synonyms Glisten, Gleam, etc. See glare, intransitive verb
  • noun. Sparkling or scintillating light; brilliancy; splendor; luster: as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.
  • noun. A talus slope.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.
  • intransitive verb. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive.
  • noun. A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.
  • noun. A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.
  • verb. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.
  • verb. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be shiny, as if wet
  • noun. the occurrence of a small flash or spark
  • noun. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
  • Word Usage
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    brightness  flash  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ritter  Sitter  aglitter  bitter  chitter  
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