| twinkle (ˈtwɪŋkəl) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; shine brightly and intermittently; sparkle: twinkling stars |
| 2. | (of the eyes) to sparkle, esp with amusement or delight |
| 3. | rare to move about quickly |
| 4. | rare (also tr) to wink (the eyes); blink |
| —n | |
| 5. | an intermittent gleam of light; flickering brightness; sparkle or glimmer |
| 6. | an instant |
| 7. | a rare word for wink |
| [Old English twinclian; related to Middle High German zwinken to blink] | |
| 'twinkler | |
| —n | |
| 'twinkly | |
| —adj | |
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| twinkly | |
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| smiling with happiness or optimism; "Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"- Lewis Carroll; "a room of smiling faces"; "a round red twinkly Santa Claus" [syn: beamish] |