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1. (v.i.) twinkle
to shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a star or distant light.
2. twinkle
to sparkle in the light.
3. twinkle
(of the eyes) to be bright with amusement, pleasure, etc.
4. twinkle
to move flutteringly and quickly, as flashes of light.
5. twinkle
Archaic. to wink; blink.
6. (v.t.) twinkle
to emit (light) in intermittent gleams or flashes.
7. twinkle
Archaic. to wink (the eyes).
8. (n.) twinkle
a flickering or intermittent brightness or light.
9. twinkle
a scintillating brightness in the eyes; sparkle.
10. twinkle
the time required for a wink; twinkling.
11. twinkle
Archaic. a wink.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE twinclian; akin to ME twinken to wink)
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| Definition of 'twinkle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) twinkle, scintillation, sparkling
a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
2. (verb) sparkle, twinkle, spark, light
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"
3. (verb) flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle
gleam or glow intermittently
"The lights were flashing"
4. (verb) twinkle, winkle, scintillate
emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
"Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
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1. (verb) twinkle
to shine with a light that seems to change in strength
stars twinkling in the night sky
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| Definition of 'twinkle' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) twinkle
a closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye
2. (noun) twinkle
a brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated
3. (noun) twinkle
the time of a wink; a twinkling
4. (verb) twinkle
to open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink
5. (verb) twinkle
to shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate
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Sense: to shine with a small, slightly unsteady light
The stars twinkled in the sky.
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 Afrikaans: vonkel |
 Arabic: يومِض، يَتَلألأ |
 Bulgarian: блещукам |
 Brazilian: brilhar |
 Czech: blikat |
 German: funkeln |
 Danish: blinke; tindre |
 Greek: τρεμολάμπω, λαμπυρίζω |
 Spanish: centellear, parpadear, ti |
 Estonian: vilkuma |
 Farsi: سوسو زدن |
 Finnish: tuikkia |
 French: scintiller |
 Hebrew: לְנַצנֵץ |
 Hindi: चमकना |
 Croatian: svjetlucanje, treptaj |
 Hungarian: pislákol |
 Indonesian: berkedip |
 Icelandic: blika, glitra |
 Italian: scintillare |
 Japanese: きらめく |
 Korean: 반작반작 빛나다 |
 Lithuanian: mirgėti, bliksėti |
 Latvian: mirgot |
 Malay: berkelipan |
 Dutch: schitteren |
 Norwegian: blinke, tindre, glitre |
 Polish: mrugać |
 Persian: سوسو زدن |
 Pashto: سوسو وهل |
 Portuguese: tremeluzir |
 Romanian: a licări |
 Russian: мерцать |
 Slovak: blikať |
 Slovenian: svetlikati se |
 Serbian: svetlucati |
 Swedish: tindra, blinka |
 Thai: ส่องแสงระยิบระยับ |
 Turkish: parıldamak, ışıldamak |
 Taiwanese: 閃爍 |
 Ukrainian: мерехтіти, мигтіти, блима |
 Urdu: ٹمٹمانا |
 Vietnamese: lấp lánh |
 Chinese: 闪烁 |
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