sparkler

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Anything that sparkles.

   • 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.
2. 2

   A hand-held firework that emits sparks.

   • 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.
3. 3

   A gem or ornament that sparkles.

   • When the bill came, I got a side-glance at it, and hoped Rose would have to hock her sparklers to pay it.
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   1. 4

      A vivacious and charismatic person.

      • “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.”
   2. 5

      A sparkling wine.

      • 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.
   3. 6

      A tiger beetle.

   4. 7

      One who scatters

      One who scatters; especially, one who scatters money; an improvident person.

   5. 8

      A galaxy in Volans constellation, in the areal region of SMACS J0723.3–7327 (SMACS 0723)

      A galaxy in Volans constellation, in the areal region of SMACS J0723.3–7327 (SMACS 0723); at the time of discovery in 2022, containing some of the earliest known massive star clusters, globulars.

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