verb, noun
verb [V]
1 to shine brightly with little flashes of light, like a diamond
SYNSPARKLE:
The ceiling of the cathedral glittered with gold. * The water glittered in the sunlight.
2 ~ (with sth) (written) (of the eyes) to shine brightly with a particular emotion, usually a strong one:
His eyes glittered with greed.
Part of speech: noun
1 [U] bright light consisting of many little flashes:
the glitter of diamonds
2 [sing.] a bright expression in sb's eyes showing a particular emotion
SYNGLINT:
There was a triumphant glitter in his eyes.
3 [U] the attractive, exciting qualities that sb/sth, especially a rich and famous person or place, seems to have
SYNGLAMOUR:
the superficial glitter of show business * Behind all the glitter, life in the theatre can be very hard.
4 [U] very small shiny pieces of thin metal or paper that are stuck to things as a decoration:
gold / silver glitter * Jane wore pink eye glitter to the party.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for glitter is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is glitter a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, glitter is tagged as noun.
Does glitter appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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