coruscate

verb2

1. •
   To give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle.

   • Then He [Death himself] clapped spurs to his steed and it sprang into the air, sparks coruscating from its hooves. — 1983
2. •
   (figurative) To exhibit brilliant technique or style.

   • For truth and tenderness do more / Than coruscating metaphor. — 1981