Thesaurus: twinkling

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Twinkle
2. n. The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.
3. n. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
4. n. The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
5. adj. shining intermittently with a sparkling light
6. n. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
7. 1. The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle. Holland. 2. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars. 3. The time of a wink; a moment; an instant. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible. 1 Cor. xv. 52.
8. j:75/n:25 s. shining intermittently with a sparkling light