glitter
UK/ˈɡlɪtə//ˈɡlɪtəɹ/
glitter noun: a bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance.
Noun
glitter (countable and uncountable, plural glitters)
- A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance.
- As yet there had been no symptom of the news having any better foundation than in the fears of those who brought it, but The Boot had not been deserted five minutes, when there appeared, coming across the fields, a body of men who, it was easy to see, by the glitter of their arms and ornaments in...1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 57.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC
- This to them seems most like mother earth in color, and therefore best, as it is, to enhance the beauty of flowers instead of detracting from their exquisite shades. What a contrast to the glitter and show of our silver vases, which represent generally little else but their cost.1913, Mary Averill, Japanese flower arrangement, Chapter 20
- A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.
- Glitz.
Verb
glitter (third-person singular simple present glitters, present participle glittering, simple past and past participle glittered)
- To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.
- a glittering sword
- the glittering ornaments on a Christmas tree
- To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive.
- the glittering scenes of a court
glitter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
glitter in Hindi
- bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
- चमक camak
- shiny, decoractive adornment
- चमक camak
- to sparkle with light
- चमकना camaknā
glitter in Tamil
- சுடரொளி வீசு, பளபளப்பு, மினுமினுப்பு, மின்னு
glitter in Urdu
- glitter
- چمک camak
glitter in Malayalam
- ഉജ്ജ്വലിക്കുക, പ്രകാശിക്കുക, വെട്ടിത്തിളങ്ങുക
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- glitter in Kannada
- ಮಿನುಗುವುದು, ಹೊಳೆಯುವುದು, ಹೊಳಪು, ಮಿಣುಕು
- glitter in Gujarati
- ઝગમગાટ
- glitter in Sanskrit
- त्वेषति tvéṣati
- glitter in Arabic
- لَمَعَ lamaʕa, بَرَقَ baraqa, تَوَهَّجَ tawahhaja, تَأَلَّقَ taʔallaqa
- glitter in Persian
- درخشیدن deraxšidan
- glitter in Thai
- กากเพชร gàak-pét
- glitter in Vietnamese
- kim tuyến
Examples of glitter in a sentence
- The relucent lake glittered, sparkling playfully, with the hues of dusk.
- He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.
- Help children sprinkle a bit of glitter on each glue dot.
Forms of glitter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | glitters |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | glitters |
| present participle | glittering |
| past participle | glittered |
| past | glittered |
Origin of glitter
From Middle English gliteren, from Old Norse glitra, from Proto-Germanic *glitrōną (“to glitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.
Words formed from glitter
Phrases with glitter
Words that rhyme with glitter
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Questions about glitter
- What does glitter mean?
- Glitter means a bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance.
- What is glitter in Hindi?
- Glitter in Hindi is चमक (camak), चमकना (camaknā). See Glitter meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is glitter?
- Glitter can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce glitter?
- Glitter is pronounced /ˈɡlɪtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of glitter?
- The plural of glitter is glitters.
Words near glitter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: glitter (page history and authors); glitter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); چمک (Urdu) (page history and authors); glitter (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glitter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glitter (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); त्वेषति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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