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English Dictionary: twinkle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twinkle
n
  1. a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn: twinkle, scintillation, sparkling]
  2. 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"
    Synonym(s): sparkle, twinkle, spark, light
v
  1. gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
    Synonym(s): flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle
  2. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
    Synonym(s): twinkle, winkle, scintillate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Twinkle \Twin"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinkled}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Twinkling}.] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE.
      twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to
      E. twitch.]
      1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
  
                     The owl fell a moping and twinkling.   --L' Estrange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Twinkle \Twin"kle\, n.
      1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a
            wink or sparkle of the eye.
  
                     Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye, The damsel broke
                     his misintended dart.                        --Spenser.
  
      2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
  
      3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. --Dryden.
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