scintillate

verb

1. 1

   be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity

   The musical performance sparkled

   A scintillating conversation

2. 2

   physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon

   the phosphor fluoresced

3. 3

   emit or reflect light in a flickering manner

   Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?

4. 4

   reflect brightly

   Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside

5. 5

   give off

   the substance scintillated sparks and flashes