Thesaurus: twinkle

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1. v. i. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
2. v. i. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
3. n. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.
4. n. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
5. n. The time of a wink; a twinkling.
6. n. a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
7. n. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
8. v. gleam or glow intermittently
9. v. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
10. 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. 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.
11. n:37/v:63 n. a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash v. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner