'TWINKLE' definitions:
Definition of 'twinkle'
(from WordNet)
noun
A rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn: twinkle, scintillation, sparkling]
noun
Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes" [syn: sparkle, twinkle, spark, light]
verb
verb
Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" [syn: twinkle, winkle, scintillate]
Definition of 'Twinkle'
From: GCIDE
- Twinkle \Twin"kle\ (tw[i^][ng]"k'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twinkled (tw[i^][ng]"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling (tw[i^][ng]"kl[i^]ng).] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch.]
- 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. [1913 Webster]
- The owl fell a moping and twinkling. --L' Estrange. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate. [1913 Webster]
- These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- The western sky twinkled with stars. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Twinkle'
From: GCIDE
- Twinkle \Twin"kle\, n.
- 1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye. [1913 Webster]
- Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye, The damsel broke his misintended dart. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'twinkle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bat,
- blink,
- blinking,
- breath,
- coruscate,
- coruscating,
- coruscation,
- coup,
- crack,
- dance,
- dancing,
- dazzle,
- dazzling,
- firefly,
- flash,
- flashing,
- flicker,
- flickering,
- fulgurate,
- fulguration,
- gleam,
- gleaming,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- glint,
- glisk,
- glisten,
- glistening,
- glister,
- glitter,
- glittering,
- glowworm,
- half a jiffy,
- half a mo,
- half a second,
- half a shake,
- illuminate,
- instant,
- jiff,
- jiffy,
- light,
- light up,
- microsecond,
- millisecond,
- minute,
- moment,
- nictitate,
- scintilla,
- scintillate,
- scintillating,
- scintillation,
- sec,
- second,
- shake,
- shimmer,
- shimmering,
- shine,
- shining,
- spangle,
- spark,
- sparking,
- sparkle,
- sparkling,
- split second,
- stroboscopic light,
- stroke,
- tick,
- tinsel,
- trice,
- twink,
- twinkling,
- twitch,
- two shakes,
- wink,
- winking
Acronyms for 'twinkle'
From: V.E.R.A.
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