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sparkling

  • adjective
  • spark·ling
  • /ˈspɑɹkl̩ɪŋ/

Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks or flashes of light.

Other meanings

  1. 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.

  2. Brilliant and vivacious.

Related words

  • nonsparkling
  • semisparkling
  • sparklingly
  • sparklingness
  • unsparkling
  • sparkling cider
  • sparkling perry
  • sparkling water

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sparkling” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.