scintillate

Verb
  1. Give off (synset 202773718)
    "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"
    is a type of: emit, give off, give out - give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
    verb group: scintillate, twinkle, winkle - emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
  2. Reflect brightly (synset 202772348)
    "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
    is a type of: reflect, shine - be bright by reflecting or casting light
    same as: coruscate, sparkle
  3. Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner (synset 202770723)
    "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
    referred to in: celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the sky
    is a type of: beam, shine - emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
    same as: twinkle, winkle
    verb group: scintillate - give off
  4. Physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon (synset 202165760)
    "the phosphor fluoresced"
    is a type of: fluoresce - exhibit or undergo fluorescence
  5. Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity (synset 200473934)
    "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
    same as: coruscate, sparkle

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