Definition of Twinkling

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Twinkling

of Twinkle

The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.

A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.

The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.

Related Definitions:

Act, An, As, Eye, Instant, Intermitted, Light, Moment, Movement, Of, One, Or, Quick, Scintillation, Shining, Sparkling, That, The, Time, Twinkle, Twinkling, Which, Who, Wink, With

Twinkling Quotations

Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.
Sai Baba

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse.
Thomas Hardy

Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.
Wislawa Szymborska

We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
A. Philip Randolph

Twinkling Translations

twinkling in German is funkeln, blitzen, glitzernd
twinkling in Latin is coruscus, micans

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