Definition of scintillate Scintillate
scin•til•late
We found 10 definitions of scintillate from 4 different sources.
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What does scintillate mean?
WordNet
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| scintillate - give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" | ||
| give off, emit, give out have as a by-product; "The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities" | ||
| scintillate - physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced" | ||
| fluoresce exhibit or undergo fluorescence | ||
| scintillate - reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside" | ||
| sparkle, coruscate | ||
| reflect, shine give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student" | ||
| scintillate - emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" | ||
| twinkle, winkle | ||
| beam, shine smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression | ||
| celestial body, heavenly body natural objects visible in the sky | ||
| scintillate - be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall" | ||
| sparkle, coruscate | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scintillate (v. i.)
To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. - scintillate (v. i.)
To sparkle, as the fixed stars.
Part of speech
🔤- scintillate, verb, present, 1st person singular of scintillate (infinitive).
- scintillate, verb (infinitive).
