Definitions for twinkling

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twinkling twin·kling

Spelling: [twing-kling]

IPA: /ˈtwɪŋ klɪŋ/

Twinkling is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in twinkling (giiklnntw).

Definitions for twinkling

noun

1. an act of shining with intermittent gleams of light.
2. the time required for a wink; an instant.
3. Archaic. winking; a wink.
4. a flickering or intermittent brightness or light.
5. a scintillating brightness in the eyes; sparkle.
6. the time required for a wink; a twinkling.
7. Archaic. a wink.

verb (used with object)

1. to emit (light) in intermittent gleams or flashes.
2. Archaic. to wink (the eyes or eyelids).

verb (used without object)

1. to shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a star or distant light.
2. to sparkle in the light:
3. (of the eyes) to be bright with amusement, pleasure, etc.
4. to move flutteringly and quickly, as flashes of light; flit.
5. Archaic. to wink; blink.

Origin of twinkling

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at twinkle, -ing¹

Examples for twinkling

twinkling stars hung between the columns, burning with a fragrance like flowers.

twinkling is much more violent near the horizon than near the zenith, and more pronounced on some nights than others.

twinkling among the houses a light keeps watch here and there, in what may be a sick chamber or two.

twinkling lights were all that I could see of the noted town.

twinkling eyes with red lashes shone with the utmost good-will.

twinkling camp fires showed that they were running toward a country that was literally swarming with Germans.

twinkling so that there is gas, budding so that there is hair, blaming so that there is pleasing, all along the heap of all.

twinkling, shining, expanding, the stars grew into a pair of eyes in the darkness.

twinkling lights also appeared in the night heavens between the swiftly flying clouds.

A beacon-light far off, twinkling across the waves like a star!