What does glitter mean?
Word: Glitter
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Glitter means to shine with many tiny flashes of light. As a noun, glitter is tiny bits of shiny material used for decorating.
Synonyms: shine, twinkle
How do you spell glitter?
Syllables: glit - ter
Tricky part: The t is doubled, so gliter is wrong. Glittar and glittre muddle the last two letters.
Watch out for: gliter, glittar, glittre
Memory tip: Put a g in front of litter and you get glitter. Do not let your glitter become litter.
Idioms and Phrases
- all that glitters is not gold: Something that looks good on the outside may not really be good. Example: "The shiny toy broke in a day; all that glitters is not gold."
Glitter in a sentence
Example 1: The stars glitter in the clear night sky.
Example 2: Diya's lehenga glittered under the wedding lights.
Example 3: We used gold glitter on our Diwali cards.
Fun Fact
Most craft glitter is made of tiny pieces of plastic, so some schools and festivals now use glitter made from plant materials instead.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: glitter
a) sparkle
b) fade
c) darken
d) crumble
Show answer
a) sparkle. When things glitter, they sparkle.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tirgelt
a) glitter
b) ligtter
c) lgitter
d) giltter
Show answer
a) glitter. Begin with gl, as in glass.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) dazzel
b) shimer
c) glisen
d) glitter
Show answer
d) glitter. All four are shiny words, but shimmer needs mm, dazzle ends in le and glisten hides a silent t; only glitter is complete.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Asha sprinkeled silver glitter on the birthday card for Nani.
a) glitter
b) sprinkeled
c) birthday
d) silver
Show answer
b) sprinkeled. Sprinkle drops its e before ed: sprinkled. Glitter is spelt right here.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. On Diwali night, what makes the streets glitter?
a) rows of lit diyas and lamps
b) closed shop shutters
c) thick grey smoke
d) piles of dry leaves
Show answer
a) rows of lit diyas and lamps
2. Meena sprinkled glitter on her card. Here, glitter is ____.
a) a joining word
b) a describing word
c) a naming word
d) a doing word
Show answer
c) a naming word
