twinkling

twinkling is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Twinkle. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 21 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Twinkle
2. noun. The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.
3. noun. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
4. noun. The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
5. noun. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

   "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

   Synonyms: flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, trice, wink

6. adjective. shining intermittently with a sparkling light

   "twinkling stars"

Synonyms

flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, trice, wink

Common word forms

twinkle, twinklings, twinklingly

Words from these letters

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