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–verb (used without object)

1.	to reflect light with a brilliant, sparkling luster; sparkle with reflected light.

2.	to make a brilliant show.

–noun

3.	a sparkling reflected light or luster.

4.	showy splendor.

5.	small glittering ornaments.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME < ON glitra; cf. OE glitenian, G gleissen to shine, glitter

]

—Related forms

glit·ter·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. See flash. 3. sparkle.

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glit·ter Audio Help (glĭt'ər) Pronunciation Key
n.

A sparkling or glistening light.
Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness.
Small pieces of light-reflecting decorative material.

intr.v. glit·tered, glit·ter·ing, glit·ters

1. To sparkle brilliantly; glisten. See Synonyms at flash.
2. To sparkle coldly or malevolently: eyes that glittered at the prospect of revenge.
To be brilliantly, often deceptively, attractive.

[Middle English gliteren, to sparkle, from Old Norse glitra; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots.]

glit'ter·ing·ly adv., glit'ter·y adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
glitter (v.)

c.1300, from O.N. glitra "to glitter," from glit "brightness," from P.Gmc. *glit- "shining, bright" (cf. O.E. glitenian "to glitter," O.H.G. glizzan, Ger. glitzern, Goth. glitmunjan), from PIE *ghleid- (cf. Gk. khlidon, khlidos "ornament"), from base *ghlei- "to shine, glitter" (see gleam). Glitter rock is from 1972; glitterati (playing on literati) first attested 1956.

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glitter
noun
1.	the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
2.	the occurrence of a small flash or spark
verb
1.	be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening"

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glitter [ˈglitə] verb

to sparkle
Example: Her diamonds glittered in the light.

Arabic:	يَلْمَع، يَتَلألأ
Chinese (Simplified):	闪烁
Chinese (Traditional):	閃爍
Czech:	třpytit se
Danish:	glimte; glitre
Dutch:	schitteren
Estonian:	sädelema
Finnish:	kimallella
French:	scintiller
German:	funkeln
Greek:	αστράφτω
Hungarian:	fénylik
Icelandic:	glitra
Indonesian:	memancarkan cahaya
Italian:	scintillare

Japanese:	きらきらする
Korean:	반짝이다
Latvian:	mirdzēt
Lithuanian:	žibėti
Norwegian:	stråle, gnistre
Polish:	błyszczeć
Portuguese (Brazil):	cintilar
Portuguese (Portugal):	luzir
Romanian:	a scânteia; a străluci
Russian:	сверкать
Slovak:	iskriť, trblietať sa, ligotať sa
Slovenian:	bleščati
Spanish:	brillar, relucir
Swedish:	gnistra, glittra, glimma
Turkish:	pırıldamak

glitter [ˈglitə] noun

the quality of glittering
Example: the glitter of her diamonds

Arabic:	بَريق، تألُّق
Chinese (Simplified):	闪闪发光
Chinese (Traditional):	閃閃發光
Czech:	třpyt
Danish:	glimmer; glitter
Dutch:	geschitter
Estonian:	sädelus
Finnish:	kimallus
French:	scintillement
German:	das Funkeln
Greek:	αστραποβόλημα
Hungarian:	csillogás
Icelandic:	ljómi, glampi
Indonesian:	kilatan
Italian:	luccichio

Japanese:	輝き
Korean:	반짝임
Latvian:	mirdzums
Lithuanian:	žibėjimas
Norwegian:	(stråle)glans, funkling
Polish:	blask
Portuguese (Brazil):	cintilação
Portuguese (Portugal):	brilho
Romanian:	scânteiere; strălucire
Russian:	сверкание
Slovak:	ligot
Slovenian:	blišč
Spanish:	brillo, resplandor
Swedish:	glitter, glittrande, gnistrande
Turkish:	pırıltı

See also: glittering

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Glitter

Flash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flashing.] [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle, dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.]

1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

2. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.

Names which have flashed and thundered as the watch words of unnumbered struggles. --Talfourd.

The object is made to flash upon the eye of the mind. --M. Arnold.

A thought flashed through me, which I clothed in act. --Tennyson.

3. To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.

Every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other. --Shak.

To flash in the pan, to fail of success. [Colloq.] See under Flash, a burst of light. --Bartlett.

Syn: Flash, Glitter, Gleam, Glisten, Glister.

Usage: Flash differs from glitter and gleam, denoting a flood or wide extent of light. The latter words may express the issuing of light from a small object, or from a pencil of rays. Flash differs from other words, also, in denoting suddenness of appearance and disappearance. Flashing differs from exploding or disploding in not being accompanied with a loud report. To glisten, or glister, is to shine with a soft and fitful luster, as eyes suffused with tears, or flowers wet with dew.

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Glitter

Glance\, n. [Akin to D. glans luster, brightness, G. glanz, Sw. glans, D. glands brightness, glimpse. Cf. Gleen, Glint, Glitter, and Glance a mineral.]

1. A sudden flash of light or splendor.

Swift as the lightning glance. --Milton.

2. A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.

Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. --Shak.

3. An incidental or passing thought or allusion.

How fleet is a glance of the mind. --Cowper.

4. (Min.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.

Glance coal, anthracite; a mineral composed chiefly of carbon.

Glance cobalt, cobaltite, or gray cobalt.

Glance copper, chalcocite.

Glance wood, a hard wood grown in Cuba, and used for gauging instruments, carpenters' rules, etc. --McElrath.

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