glitter

glitter
v
1. glint, glimmer, glisten, Archaic. glister; shine, sparkle, twinkle, light, spark, scintillate; flicker, blink, wink, flutter; quiver, shiver, ripple; shimmer, dance, dazzle, bedazzle; flash, flare, fulgurate, gleam, glare, coruscate; brighten, illuminate, illumine, make lustrous or radiant.
2. flaunt, show off, put on a show, Inf. put on the dog; exhibit, disport, air, display ostentatiously; parade, swagger, strut, swashbuckle.
n
3. glint, glimmer, glistening, glister, glistering, twinkling; shining, sparkling, spark, scintillation, scintilla; flickering, fluttering, quivering, shivering, rippling; shimmering, dancing, dazzling, bedazzling; flash, flare, fulguration, gleam, glare, coruscation; illumination, glow, radiance, incandescence, phosphorescence, iridescence; luster, sheen, gloss, shine, reflected light.
4. showiness, flauntiness, floridness, showy splendor, pomp, pomposity, pompousness, fanfare, Inf. razzle-dazzle; gaudiness, garishness, ostentation, parade, pageantry, spectacle; flashiness, flash, pizzazz, vividness, brightness, gayness, colorfulness; radiance, resplendence, splendor, resplendency, brilliant display or exhibition.

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  • glitter — [glit′ər] vi. [ME gliteren, prob. < ON glitra, akin to Ger glitzern: for IE base see GLISTEN] 1. to shine with a sparkling light; be bright; glisten; sparkle 2. to be strikingly brilliant, showy, or attractive n. 1. a bright, sparkling light 2 …   English World dictionary

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