glitterverb [ I ]
uk/ˈɡlɪt.ər/us/ˈɡlɪt̬.ɚ/to produce a lot of small, bright flashes of reflected light:
literary If someone's eyes glitter, they look bright and express strong feeling:
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Giving out light
- alight
- blink
- brighten
- burn
- burnish
- cast
- catch
- dazzle
- flicker
- gild
- glance
- glow
- illuminate
- light
- redshift
- reflected ray
- shiny
- sparkly
- strobe
- UV
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glitternoun [ U ]
uk/ˈɡlɪt.ər/us/ˈɡlɪt̬.ɚ/glitter noun [ U ] (EXCITEMENT)
the excitement and attractive quality connected with rich and famous people:
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Attracting and tempting
- affinity
- allure
- arrest
- attract
- attraction
- charm
- charm offensive
- charm the pants off sb idiom
- counterattraction
- crowd-puller
- cute
- magnet
- pull
- pulling power
- reel
- reel sb/sth in
- seduce
- seduction
- spell
- tickle
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glitter noun [ U ] (BRIGHT LIGHT)
an occasion when something glitters:
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Quantities & units of light
- aureole
- beam
- blip
- bright
- flash
- glare
- glint
- halo
- lustre
- lux
- pinprick
- point
- ray
- shaft
- sheen
- shimmer
- shine
- sparkle
- sunbeam
- twinkle
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glitter noun [ U ] (DECORATION)
very small pieces of shiny material used to decorate the skin or used by children to make pictures
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Painting & drawing materials
- acrylic
- airbrush
- brush
- canvas
- drawing board
- easel
- Indian ink
- manikin
- mannikin
- paintbrush
- palette
- palette knife
- pastel
- pencil
- poster colour
- poster paint
- stencil
- template
- watercolour
- woodblock
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