Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glittered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Glittering}.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra,
   Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[=i]tan, OHG.
   gl[=i]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E.
   glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
   1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
      broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
      sword.

            The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
      as, the glittering scenes of a court.

   Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
        See {Gleam}, {Flash}.

Source : WordNet®

glittering
     adj : having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
           beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
           "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
           window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
           costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the
           scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins";
           "`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)},
           {coruscant}, {fulgid}, {glinting}, {glistering}, {glittery},
            {scintillant}, {scintillating}, {sparkling(a)}, {sparkly}]