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TWINKLING
twinkling
(adjective) shining intermittently with a sparkling light; “twinkling stars”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
twinkling (comparative more twinkling, superlative most twinkling)
Sparkling intermittently.
Synonym: atwinkle
Verb
twinkling
Present participle and gerund of twinkle.
Etymology 2
Noun
twinkling (plural twinklings)
A shining with fast intermittent light.
A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the eyes.
Source: Wiktionary
Twin"kling, n.
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.
TWINKLE
Twin"kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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