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noun

Twinkle n.

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."

A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.

The time of a wink; a twinkling.

verb

Twinkle v. i. (past & past part. twinkled; pres. part. twinkling)

To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. "The owl fell a moping and twinkling."

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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Etymology of 'Twinkle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Twinkle" Quotes from Famous Books

... chalet within reach, or I'd go off there for the night," answered Tony, adding with a twinkle in his eyes: "And although I might, of course, sleep outside, if you preferred—on the top of the Roche d'Or, for instance!—I'm afraid it wouldn't help matters much, as my frozen corpse would require about as much explaining ...

— The Vision of Desire • Margaret Pedler

... in a grassy level among the trees, a merry little circle of young ladies was sitting round a picnic supper. The twilight grew darker and fireflies began to twinkle. In the steep curve of the Cinder and Bloodshot (between Fisher's and Wister stations) a cheerful train rumbled, with its engine running backward just like a country local. Its bright shaft of light wavered among ...

— Pipefuls • Christopher Morley

... apparent inactivity of the army authorities, and demanded that some decisive move should be made; some powerful preparations to beat back the enemy should he attempt to cross the Potomac. "Gentlemen," said Lincoln, with the twinkle in his eye that always foretold a story, "when I was a boy I saw an incident which I have always recollected, and which seems to me to resemble very much the attitude now assumed by the parties in this impending war. My father owned a dog,—a ...

— The Naval History of the United States - Volume 2 (of 2) • Willis J. Abbot

... and Twinkle and Tony And Pete and Chipper and Chase Hurried and scurried the whole day through, Till they'd put the tree in place. They trimmed it with moss and holly, And odd little colored stones, And seeds and chestnuts and apples, And feathers and leaves and cones. ...

— Zodiac Town - The Rhymes of Amos and Ann • Nancy Byrd Turner

... and made his way toward Thurston's, did not prevent his thinking much upon the astonishing things he had encountered in this book. Their relation to Celia forced itself more and more upon his mind. He could recall the twinkle in her eye, the sub-mockery in her tone, as she commented with that half-contemptuous "Yes—George something!" upon his blundering ignorance. His mortification at having thus exposed his dull rusticity was swallowed up in ...

— The Damnation of Theron Ware • Harold Frederic

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