twinkle

About 0.85 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.

   We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.

2. verb To be bright with delight.

   His shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly.

3. verb To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
4. verb To flit to and fro.
5. noun A sparkle or glimmer of light.
6. noun A sparkle of delight in the eyes.

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

7. noun A flitting movement.
8. noun A brief moment; a twinkling.

Similar words

scintillation scintillate sparkling blink wink flash winkle gleam sparkle glitter

Often followed by

in of and little with on as that from

Word family

twinkled twinkler twinklers twinkles twinklier twinkling twinkly twinliest