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Twinkle
Definitions
- 1 A sparkle or glimmer of light.
"Soon the rocket was out of sight, and the flame was only seen as a tiny twinkle of light."
- 2 merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance wordnet
- 3 A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
"He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye."
- 4 a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash wordnet
- 5 A flitting movement.
"I saw the twinkle of white feet,"
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- 6 A brief moment; a twinkling. colloquial
- 7 The female genitalia. childish
"The popular Swedish cartoon song about genitals was translated as "Willie and Twinkle"."
- 1 To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
"We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance."
- 2 gleam or glow intermittently wordnet
- 3 To be bright with delight.
"His shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly."
- 4 emit or reflect light in a flickering manner wordnet
- 5 To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
"She smiled and gave a little nod and twinkled her eyes[…]"
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- 6 To flit to and fro.
"A butterfly twinkled among the vines[…]"
Etymology
From Middle English twinclen, twynclen, from Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”), equivalent to twink (“to wink; blink; twinkle”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”).
From Middle English twinclen, twynclen, from Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”), equivalent to twink (“to wink; blink; twinkle”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”).
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