sparkler

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noun sparklers

Anything that sparkles. 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.
A hand-held firework that emits sparks. 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.
slang A gem or ornament that sparkles. When the bill came, I got a side-glance at it, and hoped Rose would have to hock her sparklers to pay it.
A vivacious and charismatic person. “As for Marilea, she was a sparkler. She was very effervescent. The family would often come out as a family unit when we were in the barnyard or the horse corral, and Marilea was just fine.”
informal A sparkling wine. 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.
A tiger beetle.
dated One who scatters; especially, one who scatters money; an improvident person.

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From sparkler, from its sparkling appearance, and sparkles surround the central object.

proper noun Sparkler Galaxy · The Sparkler

informal A galaxy in Volans constellation, in the areal region of SMACS J0723.3–7327 (SMACS 0723); at the time of discovery in 2022, containing some of the earliest known massive star clusters, globulars.

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noun hand-held firework

Español	bengala
中文	仙女棒 xiānnǚbàng
Français	cierge magique
Deutsch	Wunderkerze, bengalisches Feuer
Ελληνικά	βεγγαλικό vengalikó
Русский	бенга́льский ого́нь bengálʹskij ogónʹ

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@misc{sparkler_2026,
  title = {sparkler},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sparkler},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}