the stars scintillate in the sky

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• scintillate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin scintillatus, past participle of scintillare to sparkle, from scintilla spark Date: circa 1623 intransitive verb 1. to emit sparks ; spark 2. to emit quick flashes as if throwing off sparks ; sparkle …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• flash — vb Flash, gleam, glance, glint, sparkle, glitter, glisten, scintillate, coruscate, twinkle mean to shoot forth light (as in rays or sparks). Flash implies a sudden and transient outburst of light or a sudden display of something that brilliantly… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• glis´ten|ing|ly — glis|ten «GLIHS uhn», verb, noun. –v.i. to shine with a sparkling light or luster, as snow, dew, satin, or the eyes do; glitter; sparkle: »The stars glistened in the sky. SYNONYM(S): scintillate. –n. a glitter; sparkle: »Their footsteps made no… …   Useful english dictionary

• glis|ten — «GLIHS uhn», verb, noun. –v.i. to shine with a sparkling light or luster, as snow, dew, satin, or the eyes do; glitter; sparkle: »The stars glistened in the sky. SYNONYM(S): scintillate. –n. a glitter; sparkle: »Their footsteps made no sound on… …   Useful english dictionary

• Twinkle — Twin kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twinkling}.] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch.] 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Twinkled — Twinkle Twin kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twinkling}.] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch.] 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Twinkling — Twinkle Twin kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twinkling}.] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch.] 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• light — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. airy (see levity); frivolous, jesting, jocular, lightsome; giddy, dizzy, flighty; wanton; nimble, agile; flippant, pert, insouciant; humorous; trivial. See cheerfulness, unimportance, impurity,… …   English dictionary for students

• twinkle — 1. verb a) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer The stars were twinkling in the dark sky. b) to be bright with delight We could see the lights of the …   Wiktionary