Twinkle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To shine with slight, intermittent gleams, as distant lights or stars; flicker; glimmer. See Synonyms at flash.
  • verb-intransitive. To be bright or sparkling, as with merriment or delight: eyes that twinkled with joy.
  • verb-intransitive. To blink or wink the eyes. See Synonyms at blink.
  • verb-intransitive. To move about or to and fro rapidly and gracefully; flit.
  • v. To emit (light) in slight, intermittent gleams.
  • n. A slight, intermittent gleam of light; a sparkling flash; a glimmer.
  • n. A sparkle of merriment or delight in the eye.
  • n. A brief interval; a twinkling.
  • n. A rapid to-and-fro movement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer
  • v. to be bright with delight
  • v. to bat, blink or wink the eyes
  • v. to flit to and fro
  • n. a sparkle or glimmer of light
  • n. a sparkle of delight in the eyes.
  • n. a flitting movement
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. A twitching of the eyelid; a blinking; a wink.
  • n. A quick, tremulous light; a glimmer; a sparkle; a flash.
  • n. The time required for a wink; a twinkling.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
  • n. a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
  • v. gleam or glow intermittently
  • n. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
  • Verb Form
    twinkled    twinkles    twinkling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beam    shine    alteration    modification    change    expression    look    face    aspect    facial expression   
    Cross Reference
    flit   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sparkle    scintillate    twinkling    flash    scintillation    twink    wink    glimmer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dinkel    finckle    finkle    kinkle    sprinkle    tinkle    trinkle    winkle    wrinkle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    glint    chuckle    wink    grin    smirk    grimace    sparkle    glitter    leer    nod