🌟 Glowing Star
Also known as: Shining Star
Description
A glowing, five-point gold star. Depicted as ⭐ Star with stylized bursts in between its points, representing glowing or twinkling. Commonly used to represent various senses of glowing as well for as for a sense of flourish. Not to be confused with 💫 Dizzy, ⭐ Star, 🌠 Shooting Star, or ✨ Sparkles, though their applications may overlap. On Snapchat, this emoji displays next to a contact who has had their snaps replayed in the past 24 hours. Microsoft’s bursts were previously blue lines, Apple’s star previously resembled its ⭐ Star emoji, and Samsung’s star previously displayed a burst radiating out from its center.
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Platform | Shortcode | Action |
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Emojipedia | :glowing_star: | |
GitHub | :star2: | |
Slack | :star2: | |
Discord | :star2: |
Additional Information
A five-point star of pale-yellow color, with small bursts of light shining around it. Generally used for visual flair rather than astronomic http://emojipedia.org/glowing-star/
- As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant.
- Reflecting light
- Reflecting light.
- Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
- Indicating the most important performer or role
- Most important
- Emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
- Be bright by reflecting or casting light
- To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
- To reflect light.
- To emit light.
- To give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated.
- Emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.
- Emit or produce sparks
- Be the star in a performance
- Reflect brightly
- Massive balls of plasma
- Sphere of plasma held together by gravity, undergoing fusion
- Luminous celestial body.
- A luminous celestial body that is made from gases (particularly hydrogen and helium) and forms the shape of a sphere.
- This article is for quotes about stars, or which make prominent mention of stars.
- (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
- A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by its own gravity.
- A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium) and having a spherical shape. Depending on context the sun may or may not be included.
- A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
- The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- Glitter describes an assortment of very small, flat, reflective particles.