brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue"
marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
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"
A scintillating conversation or performance is very lively and interesting. You can hardly expect scintillating conversation from a kid that age. = sparkling. interesting, clever, and amusing