Dictionary Entry
twinkle
twinkle is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
- 2intransitive verb
To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
- 3noun
A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.
- 4noun
A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
- 5noun
The time of a wink; a twinkling.
- 6noun
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"
- 7noun
a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
Synonyms
- 8verb
gleam or glow intermittently
"The lights were flashing"
- 9verb
emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
"Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
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