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The Meaning of twinkle

  • (v. i.) To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
  • (v. i.) To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
  • (n.) A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.
  • (n.) A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
  • (n.) The time of a wink; a twinkling.

Synonyms

scintillation , sparkling , sparkle , spark , light , flash , blink , wink , winkle , winkle , scintillate

Rhymes

dinkel , finckle , finkel , finkle , hinkel , hinkle , kinkel , kinkle , shinkle , sprinkel , sprinkle , tinkle , trinkle , vanwinkle , winkle , wrinkle