| verb | give off “the substance scintillated sparks and flashes” |
| verb | reflect brightly “Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside” |
| verb | emit or reflect light in a flickering manner “Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?” |
| verb | physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon “the phosphor fluoresced” |
| verb | be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity “The musical performance sparkled” |
| scintillation | noun | a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash |
| sparkle | noun | the quality of shining with a bright reflected light |
| sparkler | noun | diamonds |
| sparkling | noun | a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash |
| scintillant | adjective | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light |
| coruscant | adjective | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light |
| coruscation | noun | the occurrence of a small flash or spark |
| twinkle | noun | a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash |
| twinkler | noun | an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner |
| scintilla | noun | a sparkling glittering particle |