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Pronunciation : Twin"kle
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch.]
Definition : 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. The owl fell a moping and twinkling. L' Estrange.

2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate. These stars not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures. Sir I. Newton. The western sky twinkled with stars. Sir W. Scott.

i. [imp. & p. p. Twinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Twin"kle
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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