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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

... replied the plain clothes man, with a twinkle in his eyes. Hemingway heard a good deal in his saunterings about Gridley. He had picked up the yarn about Dick & Co., Len Spencer ...

— The High School Freshmen - Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports • H. Irving Hancock

... or a birthday party. So, glancing from one eager face to another (for between the wine and the excitement even Mrs. Allen was no longer a colorless, languid creature, ready to faint at the embrace of her child), he said with a twinkle in ...

— What Can She Do? • Edward Payson Roe

... a broad-brimmed hat. He might have sat to a painter for some Covenanter's portrait, except that there was nothing dour about him, or for an illustration to Burns's 'Cotter's Saturday Night.' The air of probity and canniness combined with a twinkle of dry humour was completely Scotch; and when he tapped his snuff-box, telling stories of old days, I could not refrain from asking him about his pedigree. It should be said that there is a considerable ...

— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece • John Addington Symonds

... thou wilt not do it, or if thou failest to do it, having promised, I will cause the grave of thy father to be defiled with the slaughter of swine, and, moreover, I will return and beat thee with a thick stick!' The fellow was a Mussulman, and there was a merry twinkle in his eye as he took the money and swore a great oath. I left a running man at Pegnugger with a basket, and that is how you got the roses. Don't tell the ...

— Mr. Isaacs • F. Marion Crawford

... tricks has the ghost played on you, Miss Rottenmeier?" asked Mr. Sesemann with a twinkle ...

— Heidi - (Gift Edition) • Johanna Spyri

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