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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.
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              The owl fell a moping and twinkling.  --L' Estrange.
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     2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light;
        to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
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              These stars not twinkle when viewed through
              telescopes that have large apertures. --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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              The western sky twinkled with stars.  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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  Twinkling \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.
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     2. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a
        sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
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     3. The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
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              In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
              trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible.
                                                    --1 Cor. xv.
                                                    52.
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  Twinkling \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.] [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.

  twinkling
       adj : shining intermittently with a sparkling light; "twinkling
             stars" [syn: twinkling(a)]
       n : a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the
           heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a
           flash" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant,
            jiffy, split second, trice, wink, New York
           minute]

  twinkling
     a.
     sparkling intermittently.
     vb.
     (en-ing form of: twinkle)
     n.
     1 A shining with fast intermittent light.
     2 A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the
  eyes.

  twinkling
     a.
     sparkling intermittently.
     vb.
     (en-ing form of: twinkle)
     n.
     1 A shining with fast intermittent light.
     2 A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the
  eyes.

  twinkling
     a.
     sparkling intermittently.
     vb.
     (en-ing form of: twinkle)
     n.
     1 A shining with fast intermittent light.
     2 A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the
  eyes.

  twinkling
     a.
     sparkling intermittently.
     vb.
     (en-ing form of: twinkle)
     n.
     1 A shining with fast intermittent light.
     2 A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the
  eyes.

  twinkling
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm t winkl ing e)

  Twinkling /twˈɪŋklɪŋ/
  التلألئ

  twinkling //ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ// 
  искрящ, трепкащ
  sparkling intermittently

  twinkling /twˈɪŋklɪŋ/ 
  mihotavý

  twinkling /twˈɪŋklɪŋ/ 
  mžik

  twinkling /twˈɪŋklɪŋ/ 
  okamžik

  twinkling /twˈɪŋklɪŋ/
  Funkeln , Blitzen 

  twinkling /twˈɪŋklɪŋ/
  glitzernd
   see: twinkle, twinkled, twinkles, twinkled
  

  twinkling /twˈɪŋklɪŋ/
  
  λαμπερός, σπινθηροβόλος

  twinkling /twˈɪŋklɪŋ/ 
  1. पल~भर~में
        "Everything was set in a twinkling."

  twinkling /twˈɪŋklɪŋ/
  1. ragyogás
  2. csillogás
  3. csillanás
  4. pislogás
  5. pillantás

  twinkling /twˈɪŋklɪŋ/
  1. göz kırpıştırma
  2. pırıltı, pırıldama
  3. bir an. in the twinkling of an eye göz açıp kapayıncaya kadar.

  
/ˈtwɪŋkəɫɪŋ/, /ˈtwɪŋkɫɪŋ/

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "twinkling":
     blink, blinking, blinky, breath, coruscant, coruscating,
     coruscation, coup, crack, firefly, flash, glimmer, glimmering,
     glimmerous, glimmery, glisten, glistening, glister, glistering,
     glitter, glittering, glittery, glowworm, half a jiffy, half a mo,
     half a second, half a shake, instant, jiff, jiffy, microsecond,
     millisecond, minute, moment, scintilla, scintillant, scintillating,
     scintillation, scintillescent, sec, second, shake, shimmer,
     shimmering, shimmery, spangle, spangly, spark, sparkle, sparkling,
     split second, stroboscopic light, stroke, tick, tinsel, tinselly,
     trice, twink, twinkle, twinkly, twitch, two shakes, wink
  
  

  a. 闪烁的,闪亮的,荧荧的;
  n. 闪烁,瞬间;

     a. 闪烁的,闪亮的,荧荧的
     n. 闪烁,瞬间