Adjective
1. shining with brilliant points of light like stars;
"sparkling snow""sparkling eyes"2. marked by high spirits or excitement;
"his fertile effervescent mind""scintillating personality""sparkling conversation""a row of sparkly cheerleaders"3. used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide;
"sparkling wines""sparkling water"4. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light;
"bugle beads all aglitter""glinting eyes""glinting water""his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent""shop window full of glittering Christmas trees""glittery costume jewelry""scintillant mica""the scintillating stars""a dress with sparkly sequins""`glistering' is an archaic term"