twinkled
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Verb
twinkled, past tense; twinkled, past participle; twinkles, 3rd person singular present; twinkling, present participle;
/ˈtwiNGkəl/,
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twinkled, past tense; twinkled, past participle; twinkles, 3rd person singular present; twinkling, present participle;
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(of a star or light, or a shiny object) Shine with a gleam that varies repeatedly between bright and faint
- - the lights twinkled in the distance
- - twinkling harbor lights
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(of a person's eyes) Sparkle, esp. with amusement
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Smile so that one's eyes sparkle
- - “Aha!” he said, twinkling at her
- - a twinkling smile
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(of a person's feet) Move lightly and rapidly
- - his sandaled feet twinkled over the ground
Web Definitions:
- twinkling(a): shining intermittently with a sparkling light; "twinkling stars"
- (twinkling) blink of an eye: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
- The twinkling of stars - their seeming to blink on and off (also called stellar scintillation) is caused by the Earth's atmosphere. Scintillation in caused when the star's light is distorted by the Earth's atmosphere. Scintillation is greater for bright stars that are low on the horizon. ...