Sparkler

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

Anything that sparkles..

Definitions by Sense

1. Anything that sparkles.
2. A hand-held firework that emits sparks.
3. (slang) A gem or ornament that sparkles.
4. A vivacious and charismatic person.
5. (informal) A sparkling wine.
6. A tiger beetle.
7. (dated) One who scatters; especially, one who scatters money; an improvident person.

Example Sentences

And yet a married woman, possessing your attractions, shuts her eyes (and sparklers too), and goes and runs her delicate-formed head against a wall.

The Playboy cover was of a girl in grey slacks and sandals, one hand on hip and the other waving a sparkler for Independence Day.

When the bill came, I got a side-glance at it, and hoped Rose would have to hock her sparklers to pay it.

“As for Marilea, she was a sparkler. She was very effervescent. The family would often come out as a family unit when we were in the barnyard or the horse corral, and Marilea was just fine.”

Irvine's white, a grape variety named for Hans Irvine, who developed the vineyards at Great Western (now owned by Seppelt), is frequently used in the Australian sparklers.

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