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sparkler

sparkler noun: anything that sparkles.

Noun

sparkler (plural sparklers)

  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.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC
  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.2006, Marcus Collins, Modern Love, page 258
  3. (slang) 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.1964, Mexican Life: Mexico's Monthly Review, volume 40, page 65
  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.”2008, Robert Scott, Driven to Murder: The Blood Crimes at the Sam Donaldson Ranch
  5. (informal) 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.1984, Sheldon Wasserman, Pauline Wasserman, Sparkling Wine, page 238
  6. A tiger beetle.
  7. (dated) One who scatters; especially, one who scatters money; an improvident person.

Proper noun capitalized: Sparkler

Sparkler

  1. (informal) 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.

sparkler meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Thai

sparkler in Tamil

hand-held firework
மத்தாப்பு mattāppu

sparkler in Tagalog

hand-held firework
luses

sparkler in Thai

hand-held firework
ไฟเย็น fai-yen

Forms of sparkler

Noun
pluralsparklers
Proper noun
alternative formSparkler Galaxy
alternative formThe Sparkler

Origin of sparkler

From sparkle + -er.

From sparkler, from its sparkling appearance, and sparkles surround the central object.

Questions about sparkler

What does sparkler mean?
Sparkler means anything that sparkles.
What is sparkler in Tamil?
Sparkler in Tamil is மத்தாப்பு (mattāppu). See Sparkler meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sparkler?
Sparkler can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of sparkler?
The plural of sparkler is sparklers.

Words near sparkler in the dictionary

  1. sparkleless
  2. sparklemuffin
  3. sparklemuffins
  4. sparklepire
  5. sparklepires
  6. sparkler
  7. sparklers
  8. sparkles
  9. sparkles up
  10. sparklesome
  11. sparkless

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