Definition of Twinkle

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Twinkle

To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.

To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.

A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.

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

The time of a wink; a twinkling.

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Twinkle Quotations

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.
Marilyn Monroe

Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.
Lewis Carroll

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.
Garson Kanin

Hollywood is a place where the stars twinkle until they wrinkle.
Victor Mature

Twinkle Translations

twinkle in German is glitzern, blitzen
twinkle in Spanish is centellear
twinkle in Swedish is tindra, blinka, glimt

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