Scintillate \Scin"til*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scintillated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Scintillating.] [L. scintillare,
scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. Stencil.]
1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.
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As the electrical globe only scintillates when
rubbed against its cushion. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
scintillate
v 1: give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"
2: reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the
hillside" [syn: sparkle, coruscate]
3: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a
constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
[syn: twinkle, winkle]
4: physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged
particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"
5: be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical
performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation";
"his playing coruscated throught the concert hall" [syn: sparkle,
coruscate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "scintillate":
be brilliant, be merry with, blink, coruscate, crack a joke,
crack wise, fleer at, fun, gibe at, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint,
glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, jape, jest, joke, josh, kid,
kid around, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, mock,
play on words, poke fun at, pun, quip, ridicule, scoff at, shimmer,
spangle, spark, sparkle, tinsel, twinkle, utter a mot, wisecrack
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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