twinkle

v., -kled, -kling, -kles.

v.intr.

1. To shine with slight, intermittent gleams, as distant lights or stars; flicker; glimmer. See synonyms at flash.
2. To be bright or sparkling, as with merriment or delight: eyes that twinkled with joy.
3. To blink or wink the eyes. See synonyms at blink.
4. To move about or to and fro rapidly and gracefully; flit.

v.tr.
To emit (light) in slight, intermittent gleams.

n.

1. A slight, intermittent gleam of light; a sparkling flash; a glimmer.
2. A sparkle of merriment or delight in the eye.
3. A brief interval; a twinkling.
4. A rapid to-and-fro movement.

[Middle English twinklen, from Old English twinclian, frequentative of twincan, to blink.]

twinkler twin'kler n.
twinkly twink'ly adj.

verb

1. To shine with intermittent gleams: blink, flash, flicker, glimmer, wink. See continue/stop/pause, light/darkness.
2. To emit light suddenly in rays or sparks: coruscate, flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, spangle, sparkle, wink. See light/darkness.
3. To open and close the eyes rapidly: bat¹, blink, nictate, nictitate, wink. See repetition, see/not see.

noun

1. A sudden quick light: blink, coruscation, flash, flicker, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, spark¹, wink. See light/darkness.
2. A very brief time: crack, flash, instant, minute¹, moment, second¹, trice, twinkling, wink. Informal jiff, jiffy. Chiefly British tick. See big/small/amount, time.

IN BRIEF: Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner.

Fairness puts the twinkle in the stars. — Unknown

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - blinke, stråle, glitre
v. tr. - lede ved sin strålen
n. - glimt, tindren, blinken

idioms:

• in the twinkling of an eye    på et øjeblik

Nederlands (Dutch)
schitteren, schittering

Français (French)
v. intr. - scintiller, pétiller de (yeux), clignoter
v. tr. - scintiller, pétiller de
n. - scintillement, pétillement

idioms:

• in the twinkling of an eye    en un clin d'¯il

Deutsch (German)
v. - funkeln, (auf)blitzen, sich schnell bewegen, zwinkern
n. - Funkeln, Blitzen, (Augen)zwinkern, kurze, schnelle Bewegung

idioms:

• in the twinkling of an eye    im Augenblick, im Nu

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λαμπυρίζω, αστράφτω, σπιθίζω, σπιθοβολώ, τρεμοσβήνω
n. - αναλαμπή, σπινθήρισμα, λαμπύρισμα

idioms:

• in the twinkling of an eye    εν ριπή οφθαλμού, στη στιγμή

Italiano (Italian)
scintillare, guizzo

idioms:

• in the twinkling of an eye    in un baleno

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pestanejar, cintilar, brilhar
n. - piscar de olhos (m), vislumbre (m), instante (m)

idioms:

• in the twinkling of an eye    num piscar de olhos

Русский (Russian)
мерцать, мерцание

idioms:

• in the twinkling of an eye    в мгновение ока

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - titilar, centellear, parpadear, destellar, guiñar, aparecer a intervalos al moverse rápidamente
v. tr. - hacer centellar, hacer parpadear
n. - brillo, centelleo, guiño, momento, instante

idioms:

• in the twinkling of an eye    en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tindra, blinka, blänka, gnistra, röra sig snabbt, fladdra
n. - tindrande, blinkande, blinkning, blänk, glimt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
闪烁, 闪闪发光, 闪耀, 闪亮, 使闪烁, 闪闪发出, 使闪耀, 使闪亮, 瞬息

idioms:

• in the twinkling of an eye    一瞬间, 瞬息之间

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 閃爍, 閃閃發光, 閃耀, 閃亮
v. tr. - 使閃爍, 閃閃發出, 使閃耀, 使閃亮
n. - 閃爍, 瞬息, 閃耀

idioms:

• in the twinkling of an eye    一瞬間, 瞬息之間

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 반짝이다, 깜빡이다, 신나게 움직이다
v. tr. - (눈을) 반짝 빛내다
n. - 번득임, 깜빡 거림, 순간

idioms:

• in the twinkling of an eye    눈 깜짝할 사이에

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - きらめき, 輝き, 瞬き
v. - きらきら光る, 輝く, 瞬く, ちらちら動く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يومض, يتلألأ (الاسم) وميض, بريق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮ניצנץ, זהר, ריצד, נע בקלות ובמהירות‬
v. tr. - ‮פלט זיקים, מיצמץ‬
n. - ‮נצנוץ, זוהר, מיצמוץ‬

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