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.