The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sparkling \Spar"kling\, a.
   Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as,
   sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- Spar"kling*ly, adv. --
   Spar"kling*ness, n.
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   Syn: Brilliant; shining. See Shining.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sparkled; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Sparkling.] [See Sparkle, n., Spark of fire.]
   1. To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent
      particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit
      flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the
      blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
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            A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging
            Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling. --Chaucer.
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   2. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to
      glisten; to flash.
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            I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes.
                                                  --Milton.
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   3. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to
      effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
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   Syn: To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate;
        glitter; twinkle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sparkling
    adj 1: shining with brilliant points of light like stars;
           "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes"
    2: used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially
       with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water"
       [syn: sparkling, effervescent] [ant: noneffervescent,
       still]
    n 1: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn:
         twinkle, scintillation, sparkling]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

150 Moby Thesaurus words for "sparkling":
   Attic, beaming, beaten, beatific, beatified, biting, blebby,
   blessed, blinking, blinky, blissful, blistered, blistering,
   blistery, blithe, blithesome, blooming, bright, bright and sunny,
   brilliant, bubbling, bubbly, burbling, burbly, capering,
   carbonated, cheerful, cheery, chiffon, chirping, clever, coruscant,
   coruscating, dancing, dazzling, devastating, divine, droll,
   ebullient, effervescent, elated, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted,
   exhilarated, facetious, fizzy, flushed, flushed with joy, funny,
   gay, genial, glad, gladsome, glamorous, glimmering, glimmerous,
   glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittering, glittery, glorious,
   glowing, gorgeous, happy, heavenly, high, hopeful, humorous,
   humorsome, in good spirits, in high spirits, irrepressible,
   jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, joyful, joyous,
   keen, keen-witted, killing, laughing, leaping, lively, mordant,
   nimble-witted, of good cheer, optimistic, peppy, piquant, pleasant,
   poignant, pointed, puffed, pungent, purring, quick-witted, racy,
   radiant, rapier-like, raving, ravishing, resplendent, riant, rosy,
   salt, salty, sanguine, sanguineous, scintillant, scintillating,
   scintillescent, sharp, shimmering, shimmery, shining, singing,
   smart, smiling, smirking, souffle, souffleed, spangly, spirited,
   splendid, splendorous, splendrous, sprightly, spumescent,
   starry-eyed, stunning, sublime, sunny, thrice happy, tinselly,
   twinkling, twinkly, vesicant, vesicated, vesicatory, vesicular,
   vivacious, whimsical, whipped, winsome, witty