twinkling

Plural: twinklings

Noun

• a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
• A shining with fast intermittent light.
• A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the eyes.

Verb

• gleam or glow intermittently
• emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
• present participle and gerund of twinkle

Adjective Satellite

• shining intermittently with a sparkling light
  • "twinkling stars"

Adj

• Sparkling intermittently.

Examples

• The housework was done in a twinkling.

Synonyms

blink, blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, scintillate, split second, trice, twinkle, wink, winkle, New York second, atwinkle, bat of an eye, bit, blinking, crack, eyeblink, glimpse, half a mo, jiff, jot, minute, mo, moment, no time, sec, second, span, split-second, spurt, stound, strobing, tick, twink, twinkling, while

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