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Another word for scintillate

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Verb

  1. To emit light suddenly in rays or sparks

      1. To close and open the eyelid of one eye deliberately, as to convey a message, signal, or suggestion.
      2. To close and open the eyelids of both eyes; blink.
      3. To shine fitfully; twinkle:
      1. To shine with slight, intermittent gleams, as distant lights or stars; flicker; glimmer.
      2. To be bright or sparkling, as with merriment or delight:
      3. To blink or wink the eyes.
      1. To give off sparks.
      2. To give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter:
      3. To be reflected in small flashes of light:
      1. A small, often circular piece of sparkling metal or plastic sewn especially on garments for decoration.
      2. A small sparkling object, drop, or spot:
      3. To adorn or cause to sparkle by covering with or as if with spangles:
      1. To shine with a subdued flickering light:
      2. To be reflected as a subdued, flickering light:
      3. A flickering or tremulous light; a glimmer.
      1. A sparkling or glistening light.
      2. Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness.
      3. Small pieces of light-reflecting decorative material.
      1. To glisten.
      2. Glitter; brilliance.
      1. To shine by reflection with a sparkling luster:
      2. To be reflected with a sparkling luster:
      3. A sparkling, lustrous shine.
      1. A momentary flash of light; a sparkle:
      2. A faint or fleeting indication; a trace:
      3. To gleam or give out small flashes of light, usually by reflection:
      1. A dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light.
      2. A faint manifestation or indication; a trace:
      3. To emit a dim, intermittent light:
      1. A brief beam or flash of light:
      2. A steady but subdued shining; a glow:
      3. A brief or dim indication; a trace:
      1. To direct the eyes at or toward something briefly:
      2. To read quickly or in cursory fashion:
      3. To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected:
      1. To burst forth into or as if into flame.
      2. To give off light or be lighted in sudden or intermittent bursts.
      3. To appear or occur suddenly:
      1. To give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter:
      2. To exhibit sparkling virtuosity:
    See also:

    light

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Another word for scintillate

Verb
      1. A sparkling or glistening light.
      2. Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness.
      3. Small pieces of light-reflecting decorative material.
      1. To give off sparks.
      2. To give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter:
      3. To be reflected in small flashes of light:
      1. A dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light.
      2. A faint manifestation or indication; a trace:
      3. To emit a dim, intermittent light:
      1. To shine with slight, intermittent gleams, as distant lights or stars; flicker; glimmer.
      2. To be bright or sparkling, as with merriment or delight:
      3. To blink or wink the eyes.
    See also:

    shine

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