scintillate
verb
[ ˈsɪntɪleɪt ]
• emit flashes of light; sparkle.
• "the sleek boat seemed to scintillate with a dark blue light"
Similar:
sparkle,
shine,
gleam,
glitter,
flash,
shimmer,
twinkle,
glint,
glisten,
wink,
blink,
glister,
coruscate,
fulgurate,
effulge,
luminesce,
phosphoresce,
incandesce,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin scintillat- ‘sparkled’, from the verb scintillare, from scintilla ‘spark’.
