TWINKLE
WordNet
noun
(1) Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
"He had a sparkle in his eye"
"There's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
(2) A rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
verb
(3) Gleam or glow intermittently
"The lights were flashing"
(4) Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
"Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer
- The stars were twinkling in the dark sky.
- We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.
- to be bright with delight
- His shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly.
- to bat, blink or wink the eyes
- Mrs. Juliet M. Hueffer Soskice, "Reminiscences of an Artist's Granddaughter",
- She smiled and gave a little nod and twinkled her eyes and said, ...
- Mrs. Juliet M. Hueffer Soskice, "Reminiscences of an Artist's Granddaughter",
- to flit to and fro
- Dorothy Gilman, "Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle"
- A butterfly twinkled among the vines ...
- Dorothy Gilman, "Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle"
Noun
- a sparkle or glimmer of light
- Robert De Beaugrande, "Text, Discourse, and Process",
- Soon the rocket was out of sight, and the flame was only seen as a tiny twinkle of light.
- Robert De Beaugrande, "Text, Discourse, and Process",
- a sparkle of delight in the eyes.
- He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.
- a flitting movement
- James Russell Lowell, "Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell",
- I saw the twinkle of white feet,
- James Russell Lowell, "Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell",