twinkling

Speech parts

1. twinkling - Noun

2. twinkling - Adjective

3. twinkling - Verb

5. twinkling - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

trice New York minute jiffy wink flash instant heartbeat blink of an eye split second sparling sec twinkle spangled second shining
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Antonyms

aeon black century long period age
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Hypernyms

second bit moment minute mo

Phrases with the word

twinkling of an eye in the twinkling of an eye in the twinkling of a bedpost in the twinkling of a bedstaff in a twinkling twinkling star

Examples

Keep 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

Close letter words and terms

twinkler twinklesome twinkletoes twinkling of an eye twinkling star twinklingly