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verb
- 1. emit flashes of light; sparkle: "the sleek boat seemed to scintillate with a dark blue light"
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1. : to emit sparks : spark. 2. : to emit quick flashes as if throwing off sparks : sparkle. Imagine it's a cool summer night, the stars scintillate brilliantly in the sky overhead and the campfire blazes away. Thomas E. Young. 3. : to dazzle or impress with liveliness or wit.
to say very clever, exciting, or funny things. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Celebrating & entertaining. amused. bacchanalian. banqueting. bar-hop. emcee. entertaining. ents. go to town idiom. hoot. hostess. propose. push. put the flags out! idiom. regale someone with something. rejoice. rejoicingly. throw. See more results »
verb (used without object) , scin·til·lat·ed, scin·til·lat·ing. to emit sparks. to sparkle; flash: a mind that scintillates with brilliance. to twinkle, as the stars. Electronics. (of a spot of light or image on a radar display) to shift rapidly around a mean position. Physics.
The verb scintillate means to twinkle or glow, as in a flickering light. You may find it romantic to sit on the deck overlooking a lake on a clear night, where you can enjoy the scintillating stars in the sky and the reflection of the moon on the water.
1. ( also tr) to give off (sparks); sparkle; twinkle. 2. to be animated or brilliant. 3. (General Physics) physics to give off flashes of light as a result of the impact of particles or photons. [C17: from Latin scintillāre, from scintilla a spark] ˈscintillant adj. ˈscintillantly adv.
to say very clever, exciting, or funny things. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Celebrating & entertaining. amused. bacchanalian. banqueting. barhop. emcee. entertaining. ents. go to town idiom. hoot. hostess. propose. push. put the flags out! idiom. regale someone with something. rejoice. rejoicingly. throw. See more results »
Luminescent materials, when struck by an incoming particle, absorb its energy and scintillate, (i.e., re-emit the absorbed energy in the form of light).
To sparkle intellectually; be brilliant and witty. Webster's New World. To be scintillating. Dinner conversation that scintillated. American Heritage. To twinkle, as a star. Webster's New World. Synonyms: winkle. twinkle. coruscate. sparkle. gleam. flash. charm. glitter. glimmer. shine. glance. wink. spangle.
There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb scintillate. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. scintillate has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. astronomy (mid 1700s) nuclear physics (1900s) radar (1960s) See meaning & use.
Definitions of 'scintillate' 1. to give off sparks; flash; sparkle. [...] 2. to sparkle intellectually; be brilliant and witty. [...] 3. to twinkle, as a star. [...] 4. to give off (sparks, flashes, etc.) [...] More. Conjugations of 'scintillate' present simple: I scintillate, you scintillate [...]
