twinkle

[Twin·kle]

Gleam or glow intermittently

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To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.

Noun
a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

Verb
gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"

Verb
emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"


v. i.
To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.

v. i.
To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.

n.
A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.

n.
A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.

n.
The time of a wink; a twinkling.


Twinkle

Twin"kle , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twinkled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling .] [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.
The owl fell a moping and twinkling.
2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
These stars not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures.
The western sky twinkled with stars.

Twinkle

Twin"kle , n. 1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.
Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye, The damsel broke his misintended dart.
2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated. 3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. Dryden.

To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.

A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.

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Usage Examples

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.

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Other Usage Examples

Hairdressers are a wonderful breed. You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to look at themselves with a twinkle in their eye.

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