Twinkle

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtwɪŋklÌ©/

Origin

Middle English, from Old English twinclian

Full definition of twinkle

Verb

1. (of a source of light) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmerWe could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.
• Sir Isaac NewtonThese stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures.
• Sir Walter ScottThe western sky twinkled with stars.
2. (chiefly of eyes) to be bright with delightHis shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly.
3. 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...
• L'EstrangeThe owl fell a moping and twinkling.
4. to flit to and fro
• Dorothy Gilman, "Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle"A butterfly twinkled among the vines...

Synonyms

• glimmer
• scintillate
• wink

Noun

1. 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.
2. a sparkle of delight in the eyes.He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.
3. a flitting movement
• James Russell Lowell, "Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell",I saw the twinkle of white feet,