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coruscate

Posted on August 27, 2014August 27, 2014 by admin

kaw rə skeIt

intransitive verb

to give off flashes of light; sparkle; glitter.

I ran an appraising eye over the staff bike shed and glimpsed a Ridgefinder Gold Bowl Special, coruscating like a jeweller’s window display, and hung about with locks and chains like the front door of Fort Knox. (http://www.bikereader.com/contributors/misc/love.html)

A disco ball coruscates, too.

discoball

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