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Twinkle   /twˈɪŋkəl/   Listen
noun
Twinkle  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."
2.
A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
3.
The time of a wink; a twinkling.


verb
Twinkle  v. i.  (past & past part. twinkled; pres. part. twinkling)  
1.
To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. "The owl fell a moping and twinkling."
2.
To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate. "These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures." "The western sky twinkled with stars."





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"Twinkle" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dard came running down. "Good news, mesdemoiselles, good news! the wound runs all along; it is not deep, like mine was. He has opened his eyes and shut them again. The dear good doctor stopped the blood in a twinkle. The doctor says he'll be bound to save him. I must run and tell Jacintha. She is taking on in ...
— White Lies • Charles Reade
... the other, as he picked a book from the shelf and laid it on the counter with a twinkle in his eye. The boy opened ...
— Melchior's Dream and Other Tales • Juliana Horatia Ewing
... Ocute, with the bloom of the wild vines perfuming all the air, and clouds of white butterflies beginning to twinkle ...
— The Trail Book • Mary Austin et al
... "pocket pistol." That pistol is loaded with brandy, and Dr Jopper is just in the act of drawing part of the charge, which, with a slight admixture of cool creek water, is carried aloft and poured into a very droughty vessel. The effect, however, is instantly apparent in the lively twinkle of the doctor's ...
— The Hunters' Feast - Conversations Around the Camp Fire • Mayne Reid
... case I'd better go along with you now," put in Bess, with a mischievous twinkle in her eye. "I'm afraid it will be a case where two is company and ...
— Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach - Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves • Annie Roe Carr


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