twinkling
101bearhtm — m ( es/ as) 1. brightness, flash, glittering, scintillation, twinkling, glance; 2. a twinkling of an eye, an instant; 3. bearhtme adv instantly; 4. see breahtm …
102flash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. flare, blaze; burst, streak; gleam, scintillate; retort. See light. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Sudden, brief light] Syn. glimmer, sparkle, glitter, glisten, scintillation, gleam, glance, beam,… …
103instantaneity — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Immediate occurrence Nouns 1. instantaneity, instantaneousness, immediacy, precipitancy (see rashness); suddenness, abruptness; moment, minute, second, instant, split second, nanosecond; twinkling, trice,… …
104jiffy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, moment, instant, flash. See instantaneity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. instant, moment, second, *blink of an eye, *heartbeat, *two shakes of a lamb s tail, flash, twinkling. ANT.:… …
105eye — eye1 W1S1 [aı] n ↑ear, ↑nose, ↑tooth, ↑eye ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for seeing with)¦ 2¦(way of seeing/understanding)¦ 3 keep an eye on something/somebody 4 have/keep your eye on somebody 5 eye contact 6 keep/have one eye/half an eye on somebody/something …
106twinkle — twin|kle1 [ˈtwıŋkəl] v [: Old English; Origin: twinclian] 1.) if a star or light twinkles, it shines in the dark with an unsteady light ▪ stars twinkling in the sky ▪ I saw lights twinkling in the little town below us. 2.) if someone s eyes… …
107twinkle — (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… …
108twinkle — [[t]twɪ̱ŋk(ə)l[/t]] twinkles, twinkling, twinkled 1) VERB If a star or a light twinkles, it shines with an unsteady light which rapidly and constantly changes from bright to faint. At night, lights twinkle in distant villages across the valleys.… …
109twinkle — verb 1》 (of a star or light) shine with a gleam that changes constantly from bright to faint. ↘(of a person s eyes) sparkle, especially with amusement. 2》 (of a person s feet) move lightly and rapidly. noun a twinkling sparkle or gleam.… …
110jiffy — n. (Colloq.) Instant, moment, second, twinkling, trice, flash, twinkling of an eye …
