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    [Verb]  | "twin*kle" | \ ˈtwiŋ-kəl \


    1: to shine with a flickering or sparkling light : scintillate

    2: to appear bright especially with merriment

    3: to flutter the eyelids


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English twinclian; akin to Middle High German zwinken to blink;

    [Noun]  | "twinkle" 


    1: an intermittent radiance : flicker, sparkle

    2: a rapid flashing motion : flit

    3: a wink of the eyelids


    Origin: 1548 ;

    [Idiom]  | "a twinkle in one's eye" 


    1: a friendly or happy expression in one's eyes

    [Idiom]  | "in the twinkle/twinkling of an eye" 


    1: very quickly

    [Noun]  | "twinkle" 


    1: a very small space of time;


      * e.g., " ... in just a twinkle, the shooting star was gone "



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    [Verb]  | "twinkle" 


    1: to shine with light at regular intervals;


      * e.g., " ... holiday decorations twinkled in the shop windows "



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    2: to shoot forth bursts of light;


      * e.g., " ... stars twinkling on a crisp September night "



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