twinkle

Meaning

Verb

1. To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
2. To be bright with delight.
3. To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
4. To flit to and fro.

Noun

1. A sparkle or glimmer of light.
2. A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
3. A flitting movement.
4. (colloquial) A brief moment; a twinkling.
5. (childish) The female genitalia.

Synonyms

sparkle

❇️

glitter

flicker

flash

blink

shine

wink

😉

glimmer

shimmer

gleam

glisten

scintillate

glint

scintillation

winkle

glare

glow

spark

sparkling

radiate

light

flare

glimpse

flutter

lighten

glimpses

twinkling

spangle

close the eyes

gilmmer

glitte

contract the eyelids

blinking twinkling

beam

give signal

blaze

blinking

brilliant

close

coruscate

dance

💃

dazzle

emit

flame

flashing

flick

fulminate

glance

gleaming

gutter

Translations

funkeln

❇️

scintiller

❇️

glitzern

centellear

titilar

brillar

blitzen

briller

brillare

clignoter

relampaguear

parpadear

glänzen

destellar

❇️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: twinclen

Inherited from Old English: twinclian

Cognate with German: zwinkern

In summary

From Middle English twinclen, twynclen, from Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”), equivalent to twink (“to wink; blink; twinkle”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”).