Twinkle word meaning and definition

[noun] a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
[verb] gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
[verb] emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; of stars; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"

\Twin"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twinkling}.] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch.] 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.
\Twin"kle\, n. 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.

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