twinkle

twinkle
v
1. glint, glimmer, glitter, glisten, Archaic. glister; shine, sparkle, light, spark, scintillate; flicker, blink, wink, flutter; quiver, shiver, ripple; shimmer, dance, dazzle, bedazzle; flash, flare, fulgurate, gleam, glare, coruscate; illuminte, illumine, Archaic. illume; glow, radiate, incandesce, phosphoresce; brighten, light up, become luminous or radiant; ef-fulge, shine forth, beam.
2. flutter, stir, dart, dartle, spring, move quickly; glint, flash, streak; whisk, skim, glide; flit, flirt, dance, fly, wing; waver, vacillate, oscillate, fluctuate.
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3. glint, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glittering; shining, sparkling, sparkle, spark, scintillation, scintilla; flickering, flicker, fluttering, flutter, quivering, quiver, shivering, shiver, rippling, ripple; shimmering, shimmer, dancing, dazzling, dazzle, bedazzling; flash, flare, fulguration, gleam, gleaming, glare, glaring, coruscation; illumination, glow, glowing, radiance, incancescence, phosphorescence, iridescence.
4. twinkling, instant, breath, second, split second; moment, minute, trice, flash, Inf. jiffy; blink, Inf. bat, wink, eyewink, wink of an eye, Fr. coup d'oeil; twinkling of an eye, Inf. bat of an eye, two shakes of a lamb's tail.

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