Synonyms for twinkle
ˈtwɪŋ kəltwin·kle

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1. twinkleverb

   Synonyms:
   wink, scintillate, glimmer

2. twinkleverb

   to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer

   Synonyms:
   scintillate, glimmer, wink

3. twinkleverb

   a sparkle of delight in the eyes.

   He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.

   Synonyms:
   glimmer, scintillate, wink

4. twinkleverb

   to bat, blink or wink the eyes

   Synonyms:
   wink, scintillate, glimmer

5. twinkleverb

   to flit to and fro

   Synonyms:
   wink, scintillate, glimmer

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1. twinkle

   Light, strictly denoting a form of radiant energy, is used as a general term for any luminous effect discernible by the eye, from the faintest phosphorescence to the blaze of the noonday sun. A flame is both hot and luminous; if it contains few solid particles it will yield little light, tho it may afford intense heat, as in the case of a hydrogen-flame. A blaze is an extensive, brilliant flame. A flare is a wavering flame or blaze; a flash is a light that appears and disappears in an instant; as, a flash of lightning; the flash of gunpowder. The glare and glow are steady, the glare painfully bright, the glow subdued; as, the glare of torches; the glow of dying embers. Shine and shining refer to a steady or continuous emission of light; sheen is a faint shining, usually by reflection. Glimmer, glitter, and shimmer denote wavering light. We speak of the glimmer of distant lamps through the mist; of the shimmer of waves in sunlight or moonlight. A gleam is not wavering, but transient or intermittent; a sudden gleam of light came through the half-open door; a glitter is a hard light; as, the glitter of burnished arms. A sparkle is a sudden light, as of sparks thrown out; scintillation is the more exact and scientific term for the actual emission of sparks, also the figurative term for what suggests such emission; as, scintillations of wit or of genius. Twinkle and twinkling are used of the intermittent light of the fixed stars. Glistening is a shining as from a wet surface. Illumination is a wide-spread, brilliant light, as when all the windows of a house or of a street are lighted. The light of incandescence is intense and white like that from metal at a white heat.

   Synonyms:
   blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, sparkle, twinkling

   Antonyms:
   blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadow

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1. twinkle, scintillation, sparklingnoun

   a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

   Synonyms:
   sparkle, glisten, spark, sparkling, glitter, light, glister, scintillation

2. sparkle, twinkle, spark, lightverb

   merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

   "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"

   Synonyms:
   illumination, arc, coruscation, lightness, lighting, sparkling, sparkle, light source, flicker, brightness level, igniter, visible light, discharge, electric arc, glister, glitter, spark, brightness, luminosity, lighter, visible radiation, luminousness, scintillation, luminance, light, glint, glisten, ignitor, electric discharge

3. flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkleverb

   gleam or glow intermittently

   "The lights were flashing"

   Synonyms:
   scintillate, winkle out, blink away, shoot, scoot, flash, swank, show off, nictitate, blink, winkle, wink, scud, nictate, dart, flaunt, dash, ostentate

4. twinkle, winkle, scintillateverb

   emit or reflect light in a flickering manner

   "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"

   Synonyms:
   winkle, sparkle, scintillate, flash, blink, coruscate, winkle out, wink

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1. twinkleverb

   Synonyms:
   sparkle, flash

2. twinklenoun

   Synonyms:
   TWINKLING

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1. twinkleverb

   Synonyms:
   blink, wink, flash, sparkle, scintillate

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1. List of paraphrases for "twinkle":

   dodo, shine, dishwashing, lullaby, tableware

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1. List of known nicknames for "Twinkle":

   Baby Twinkle

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1. Robert Massey:

   Unlike stars, Royal Astronomical Society won't twinkle, even when Royal Astronomical Society's low down, Royal Astronomical Society will look pretty steady, and Royal Astronomical Society will make Royal Astronomical Society stand out. You'll need a good clear southern horizon to see it.

2. Rafi Eitan:

   Rafi Eitan told Fox News Leland Vittert. Eventually, the man admitted he was Adolf Eichmann. With more derring-do, Rafi Eitan and his fellow commandoes spirited Eichmann out of Argentina and brought him back to Israel where he was tried, convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. ANCIENT CLAY JAR FRAGMENT DEPICTING GROTESQUE DEITY DISCOVERED IN JERUSALEMS CITY OF DAVID At a reunion for those involved in Eichmanns capture and trial some years ago, Rafi Eitan recalled Eichmanns capturewith a twinkle in Rafi Eitan eye. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP I was 51 years younger( then), but I am able and ready to do the same thing again.

3. Angie Johnston:

   A lot more work is going to be needed. For instance, this study used a method where dogs were either in the condition where the guardian hummed' Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' or they were in the condition where the owner made distressed noises, but it would be really interesting to look, across dogs, at how in one particular dog at a time, how the context affects how much they help, it would be really useful to know down the line what could we as humans do to get the effective helpful responses from dogs.

4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   The moon is the reflection of your heart and moonlight is the twinkle of your love.

5. Robert Massey:

   Northern Hemisphere's dazzlingly obvious. Northern Hemisphere doesn't twinkle like a star but has a steady light that makes Northern Hemisphere easy to spot.