Definitions for: Twinkle


[n] a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
[v] gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
[v] emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; of stars; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"



Webster (1913) Definition: Twin"kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twinkled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Twinkling.] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE.
twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to
E. twitch.]
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.


Twin"kle, 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. --Spenser.

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

3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. --Dryden.

Synonyms: blink, flash, scintillate, scintillation, sparkling, wink, winkle, winkle

See Also: alteration, beam, change, emit light, flick, flicker, modification, radiate, shine

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