TWINKLE

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. The owl fell a moping and twinkling. L' Estrange.

2.
v.

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.

3.
n.

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.

4.
n.

A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.

5.
n.

The time of a wink; a twinkling. Dryden.

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