From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scintillate \Scin"til*late\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Scintillated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scintillating}.] [L. scintillare, scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. {Stencil}.]
1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.
As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. --Sir W. Scott.
2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"
2: reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside" [syn: {sparkle}, {coruscate}]
3: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" [syn: {twinkle}, {winkle}]
4: physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"
5: be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throught the concert hall" [syn: {sparkle}, {coruscate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "scintillate": be brilliant, be merry with, blink, coruscate, crack a joke, crack wise, fleer at, fun, gibe at, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, jape, jest, joke, josh, kid, kid around, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, mock, play on words, poke fun at, pun, quip, ridicule, scoff at, shimmer, spangle, spark, sparkle, tinsel, twinkle, utter a mot, wisecrack
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