About The Word Glitter

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Glitter

Glitter Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Glitter?
[n] the quality of glittering or sparkling brightly
[n] the occurrence of a small flash or spark [v] be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" Synonyms | Synonyms for Glitter: coruscation | gleam | glint | glisten | glisten | glister | scintillation | shine | sparkle | sparkle Related Terms | Find terms related to Glitter: be somebody | be something | bespangle | blatancy | blink | blinking | brazenness | brilliance | colorfulness | coruscate | coruscation | crudeness | cut a dash | cut a figure | cut a swath | dash | dazzle | dazzlingness | extravagance | extravaganza | extravagation | figure | firefly | flagrancy | flamboyance | flash | flashiness | floridity | floridness | flourish | gaiety | garishness | gaudery | gaudiness | glamor | glance | glare | gleam | glimmer | glimmering | glint | glisk | glisten | glister | glittering | glow | glowworm | gorgeousness | jauntiness | jazziness | live | loudness | luridness | make a figure | make a show | make a splash | meretriciousness | obtrusiveness | ostentation | pageantry | panache | pizzazz | refulgence | scintilla | scintillate | scintillation | sensationalism | shamelessness | shimmer | shimmering | shine | showiness | spangle | spark | sparkle | spectacle | splash | splendor | splurge | sportiness | stroboscopic light | tawdriness | tinsel | twinkle | twinkling | vulgarness See Also | appear | brightness | flash | look | seem | shimmer | spangle Glitter In Webster's Dictionary \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glittered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Glittering}.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra,
Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[=i]tan, OHG.
gl[=i]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E.
glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
sword.
The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
--Dryden.
2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
as, the glittering scenes of a court.
Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
See {Gleam}, {Flash}.
\Glit"ter\, n. A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage. --Milton. |
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