Twinkle

Word TWINKLE
Character 7
Hyphenation twin kle
Pronunciations /ˈtwɪŋkl̩/

Definitions and meanings of "Twinkle"

What do we mean by twinkle?

To shine with slight, intermittent gleams, as distant lights or stars; flicker; glimmer. synonym: flash. intransitive verb

To be bright or sparkling, as with merriment or delight. intransitive verb

To blink or wink the eyes. intransitive verb

To move about or to and fro rapidly and gracefully; flit. intransitive verb

To emit (light) in slight, intermittent gleams. intransitive verb

A slight, intermittent gleam of light; a sparkling flash; a glimmer. noun

A sparkle of merriment or delight in the eye. noun

A brief interval; a twinkling. noun

A rapid to-and-fro movement. noun

To shut an eye or the eyes with an involuntary twitch or with a quick voluntary and significant action; blink; wink.

Of the eyelids, to open and shut with frequent involuntary twitches; hence, of anything that moves rapidly, to dart to and fro.

To pass in and out of sight rapidly, as a light; flash at almost insensible intervals; shine with quick, irregular gleams; scintillate; sparkle, as a star.

To open and shut rapidly; wink; blink.

To emit in quick gleams; flash out.

To influence or charm by sparkling.

A twitching of the eyelid; a blinking; a wink. noun

A quick, tremulous light; a glimmer; a sparkle; a flash. noun

The time required for a wink; a twinkling. noun

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

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

A sparkle or glimmer of light

A sparkle of delight in the eyes.

A flitting movement

A brief moment; a twinkling.

The female genitalia.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Twinkle

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The word "twinkle" in example sentences

The pink tone to the twinkle is the iridium based particle beams cooking off a fusion drive. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It is not that we see a smile, or a reaction etc….what we see is what we call a twinkle in her eye. ❋ Unknown (2005)

An idealist may say to a capitalist, 'Don't you sometimes feel in the rich twilight, when the lights twinkle from the distant hamlet in the hills, that all humanity is a holy family?' ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fairfax County political activist Ben Tribbett, quoted Connolly as saying about Herrity, He was a political adversary, but he would do it more often than not with a certain twinkle in his eye. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Connolly's quote:" He was a political adversary, but he would do it more often than not with a certain twinkle in his eye. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The day of Vladimir Nabokov's death -- July 2, 1977 -- is firmly fixed in my memory, for on the following day Donald Barthelme said casually to me, with a puckish lift of his upper lip and what in non-Barthelmian prose might be described as a twinkle of the stone-colored eye behind wire-rimmed glasses: Happy? ❋ Unknown (2010)

One of the most fascinating results of fifth-chakra distress that I have observed clinically is a loss of the so-called twinkle in the eye. ❋ M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa (2001)

He could recall the twinkle in her eye, the sub-mockery in her tone, as she commented with that half-contemptuous "Yes -- George something!" upon his blundering ignorance. ❋ Harold Frederic (1877)

With our bare eyes, we saw Venus, Orions Belt, and then star after star I couldn't name twinkle into existence. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Woodsman: just don't call twinkle toes, dommy. it will really push him off. the d.o.m.:

I'm so glad I did, cause now they kind of twinkle as the candle flickers. ❋ Lee Lee (2009)

In Harriet's mind, the necessary ginger should be conveyed through eyes that pleasantly "twinkle" and "sparkle." ❋ Unknown (2005)

And, they mean nothing unless there is a real kind of twinkle behind them. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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