Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye,
The damsel broke his misintended dart. --Spenser.
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2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
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3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Twinkle — may refer to one of the following.* Twinkle, the common name for Scintillation (astronomy), a phenomenon in the viewing [e.g. of stars] * Twinkle (dance step), a dance step in some ballroom dances * Twinkle (singer), a British pop singer in the… … Wikipedia
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Twinkle — Twinkle, twinkle, lit|tle star a ↑nursery rhyme (=an old song or poem for children) . The rhyme goes: Twinkle, twinkle, little star,/How I wonder what you are./Up above the world so high,/Like a diamond in the sky … Dictionary of contemporary English
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Twinkle — 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English
twinkle — [twiŋ′kəl] vi. twinkled, twinkling [ME twinklen < OE twinclian, freq. of base seen in MHG zwinken, to wink] 1. to shine with quick, intermittent flashes of light, as some stars; sparkle 2. to light up, as with amusement: said of the eyes 3. to … English World dictionary
twinkle — (v.) O.E. twinclian, frequentative of twincan to wink, blink; related to M.H.G. zwinken, Ger. zwinkern, and probably somehow imitative. The noun is recorded from 1540s. Related: Twinkled; twinkling. Phrase in the twinkling of an eye is attested… … Etymology dictionary
twinkle — vb *flash, gleam, glance, glint, sparkle, glitter, glisten, scintillate, coruscate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
