twinkle

Plural: twinkles

Noun

• a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
• merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
  • "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
• A sparkle or glimmer of light.
• A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
• A flitting movement.
• A brief moment; a twinkling.
• The female genitalia.

Verb

Verb Forms: twinkled, twinkling, twinkles

• To shine with a flickering or sparkling light.
• gleam or glow intermittently
• emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
  • "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
• To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
• To be bright with delight.
• To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
• To flit to and fro.

Examples

• He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.
• His shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly.
• The popular Swedish cartoon song about genitals was translated as "Willie and Twinkle".
• The rare Q tile seemed to TWINKLE, hinting at a high-scoring play if only I could find it.
• We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.

Synonyms

blink, flash, light, scintillate, scintillation, spark, sparkle, sparkling, wink, winkle, Grand Canyon, New York minute, New York second, Virginia, axe wound, badly packed kebab, bat of an eye, bearded clam, beaver, beef curtains, berk, bit, blink of an eye, bonne bouche, box, bun, burger, bush, cavern, chocha, clam, clunge, coin slot, cooch, coochie, coochy, cookie, coot, cooter, cooze, crack, crevice, cunny, cunt, eyeblink, fanny, fish lips, flicker, flirt, flit, flitter, flutter, foo-foo, front bottom, front bum, front hole, fulgurate, fur burger, fur pie, gash, gee, ginch, girl, girl penis, glimmer, glimpse, glint, glister, hair pie, half a mo, ham sandwich, honey hole, honeypot, hoo-ha, innie, instant, it, jiff, jiffy, jot, juice box, kebab, kitty, la-la, ladybits, love box, love tunnel, minge, minnie, minute, mo, moment, monosyllable, moocha, mooshoo, mott, muff, muffin, na-na, nictitate, no time, nonny, nooky, noonie, old hat, pee flap, pee-pee, penis fly trap, pink, pink bits, poontang, prat, pudendum muliebre, pump, punani, pussy, quaint, quiff, quim, roast beef, sausage wallet, scut, sec, second, sheath, shimmer, slit, slot, snapper, snatch, span, split-second, spurt, squish mitten, stench trench, stound, strange, sugar walls, tick, trap, treasures, trice, tuppence, twat, twink, twinkle, twinkling, va-jay-jay, vadge, vag, vagina, vaginer, vajay, vertical smile, vulva, wee-wee, while, whisker biscuit, wizard's sleeve

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