Twinkling
['twɪŋk(ə)lɪŋ;'twɪŋklɪŋ] or ['twɪŋklɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) shining intermittently with a sparkling light; 'twinkling stars' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twinkle
(n.) The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.
(n.) A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
(n.) The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
Typist: Tim
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Flashing, sparkling, twinkle.[2]. Instant, moment, second, jiffy, trice, flash, twinkling of an eye.
Checker: Noelle
Examples
- He had thick bushy eyebrows, with little twinkling bloodshot eyes, surrounded by a thousand wrinkles. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Sadly and slowly I stemmed my course from among the heaps of slain, and, guided by the twinkling lights of the town, at length reached Rodosto. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In a twinkling they were all out of the carriage. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- These oil-twinkling streets are very still: I like them for their lowliness and peace. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Out with you, in a twinkling, every one, and up into these rocks with me. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The beasts tore the victims limb from limb and made poor mangled corpses of them in the twinkling of an eye. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Stocks which had been accumulating for years now went off in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My uncle descended from his perch in a twinkling. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We had it in, in a twinkling, and immediately applied ourselves to carrying Mr. Micawber's idea into effect. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She broke off, still twinkling at him, and asked, with the casual irrelevance of old age: Now, why in the world didn't you marry my little Ellen? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He had small twinkling eyes, and a pock-marked face; wore a fur cap, a dark corduroy jacket, greasy fustian trousers, and an apron. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Night came on,--night calm, unmoved, and glorious, shining down with her innumerable and solemn angel eyes, twinkling, beautiful, but silent. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They both had little bright round twinkling eyes, by the way, which were like birds' eyes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He is a short, thick-built man, with little twinkling eyes, expressive of eager curiosity, and a bald head. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Gerald looked with a long, twinkling, almost sardonic look into the eyes of the other man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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