1. twinkling - Noun
2. twinkling - Adjective
3. twinkling - Verb
5. twinkling - Adjective Satellite
of Twinkle
The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.
A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
Source: Webster's dictionaryKeep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy. Wisława Szymborska
No radiant pearl which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's ears, Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn, Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes. Erasmus Darwin
Shine Son of glory, and my sinnes are gone Like twinkling Starres before the rising Sunne. Francis Quarles
Man, made after God's image, was a nobler creation than twinkling sparks in the sky, or than the larger and more useful lamp of the moon. David Brewster
Innumerable twinkling of the waves of the sea. Aeschylus
Put out the lights now! Look at the Tree, the rough tree dazzled In oriole plumes of flame, Tinselled with twinkling frost fire, tasselled With stars and moons. Cecil Day Lewis