In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
twinkling
(adjective) shining intermittently with a sparkling light; “twinkling stars”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
twinkling (comparative more twinkling, superlative most twinkling)
Sparkling intermittently.
Synonym: atwinkle
twinkling
Present participle and gerund of twinkle.
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.
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
24 October 2024
(noun) a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; “the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.