From en.wiktionary.org:
[Sparkler]
** English
[sparkler (disambiguation)] [swp]
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. Anything that sparkles.
2. * [text=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.]
3. A hand-held firework that emit s spark s.
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2006 | author=Marcus Collins | title=Modern Love | page=258
|passage=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.}}
1. [en] A gem or ornament that sparkle s.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1964 | title=Mexican Life: Mexico's Monthly Review | volume=40 | page=65
|passage=When the bill came, I got a side-glance at it, and hoped Rose would
have to hock her SPARKLERS to pay it.}}
1. A vivacious and charismatic person.
2. * [en]
3. [en] A sparkling wine .
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1984 | author=Sheldon Wasserman; Pauline Wasserman | title=Sparkling Wine | page=238
|passage=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.}}
1. A tiger beetle .
2. [en] One who scatter s; especially, one who scatters money; an improvident person.
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en| |Sparkler }}
**** Translations
[hand-held firework]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[slang terms only: gem or ornament that sparkles]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[informal terms only: sparkling wine]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[tiger beetle]
[one who scatters money] [trans-bottom]
[en]