There was a happy twinkle in her eyes.
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Twinkle
//ˈtwɪŋ.kəl//
Synonyms for "twinkle" (258 found)
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Closest matches (52)
Verb(4 words)
Strong matches (77)
Related words (129)
Noun(90 words)
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15 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
133 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- لَأْلَأَ verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Armenian
3 entries- առկայծում noun (sparkle or glimmer of light)
- առկայծել verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
- փայլատակել verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qırpmaq verb (to bat, blink or wink the eyes)
- sayrışmaq verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Bulgarian
4 entries- блещукане noun (sparkle or glimmer of light)
- блясък noun (sparkle of delight in the eyes)
- блестя verb (to be bright with delight)
- блещукам verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Catalan
2 entries- patatona noun (female genitalia)
- petxina noun (female genitalia)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 妹妹 noun (female genitalia)
Czech
2 entries- pipina noun (female genitalia)
- blikat verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Danish
4 entries- tissekone noun (female genitalia)
- blinke verb (to bat, blink or wink the eyes)
- fare verb (to flit to and fro)
- skinne verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Dutch
1 entries- poenie noun (female genitalia)
Esperanto
1 entries- brili verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Estonian
1 entries- tussu noun (female genitalia)
Faroese
1 entries- pitta noun (female genitalia)
Finnish
4 entries- pilke noun (sparkle or glimmer of light)
- pilke noun (sparkle of delight in the eyes)
- pimppa noun (female genitalia)
- pimppi noun (female genitalia)
French
4 entries- foufoune noun (female genitalia)
- zézette noun (female genitalia)
- briller verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
- briller verb (to be bright with delight)
Georgian
4 entries- აელვარება noun (sparkle or glimmer of light)
- ბჟუტვა noun (sparkle or glimmer of light)
- ბრწყინვა noun (sparkle or glimmer of light)
- გაელვება noun (sparkle or glimmer of light)
German
4 entries- Mumu noun (female genitalia)
- funkeln verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
- funkeln verb (to be bright with delight)
- zwinkern verb (to bat, blink or wink the eyes)
Greenlandic
1 entries- utsuit noun (female genitalia)
Hebrew
1 entries- נצנץ verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Hungarian
2 entries- nuni noun (female genitalia)
- puni noun (female genitalia)
Icelandic
1 entries- píka noun (female genitalia)
Irish
2 entries- glioscarnach noun (sparkle or glimmer of light)
- glioscarnach noun (sparkle of delight in the eyes)
Italian
4 entries- bagliore noun (sparkle or glimmer of light)
- barlume noun (sparkle or glimmer of light)
- farfallina noun (female genitalia)
- luccichio noun (sparkle of delight in the eyes)
Latin
1 entries- micō verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Marathi
2 entries- लुकलुकणे verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
- लुकलुकणे verb (to be bright with delight)
Māori
4 entries- hinātore verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
- kikiwa verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
- rikoriko verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
- rikoriko verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Navajo
1 entries- dah dinisxǫs verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Northern Sami
2 entries- cincu noun (female genitalia)
- cinˈni noun (female genitalia)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- jentetiss noun (female genitalia)
- tissekone noun (female genitalia)
Old English
1 entries- blīcan verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Polish
3 entries- cipka noun (female genitalia)
- kuciapka noun (female genitalia)
- migotać verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Portuguese
4 entries- pepeca noun (female genitalia)
- perereca noun (female genitalia)
- cintilar verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
- tremeluzir verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Quechua
1 entries- chinpiy verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Romanian
4 entries- păsărică noun (female genitalia)
- licări verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
- pâlpâi verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
- sclipi verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Russian
4 entries- мерца́ние noun (sparkle or glimmer of light)
- пи́ська noun (female genitalia)
- пипи́ська noun (female genitalia)
- порха́ние noun (flitting movement)
Slovene
1 entries- lulika noun (female genitalia)
Spanish
4 entries- chichi noun (female genitalia)
- chochete noun (female genitalia)
- escintilar verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
- fulgurar verb (to be bright with delight)
Swedish
2 entries- snippa noun (female genitalia)
- tindra verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Tamil
1 entries- மின்னு verb (to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer)
Turkish
1 entries- kuku noun (female genitalia)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Planets are easy to identify because they don't twinkle like stars do.
Source: tatoeba (709093)
The plane disappeared in the twinkle of an eye.
Source: tatoeba (2877599)
Tom's eyes twinkle with amusement.
Source: tatoeba (3728578)
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