About The Word Twinkle
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Twinkle
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What's The Definition Of Twinkle?
[n] a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
[v] gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" [v] emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; of stars; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" Synonyms | Synonyms for Twinkle: blink | flash | scintillate | scintillation | sparkling | wink | winkle | winkle Related Terms | Find terms related to Twinkle: See Also | alteration | beam | change | emit light | flick | flicker | modification | radiate | shine Twinkle In Webster's Dictionary \Twin"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinkled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Twinkling}.] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE.
twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to
E. twitch.]
1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
The owl fell a moping and twinkling. --L' Estrange.
2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light;
to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
These stars not twinkle when viewed through
telescopes that have large apertures. --Sir I.
Newton.
The western sky twinkled with stars. --Sir W.
Scott.
\Twin"kle\, n. 1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye. Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye, The damsel broke his misintended dart. --Spenser. 2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated. 3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. --Dryden. |
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