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twinkliest Definition


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twinkle
verb twinkled, twinkling
    intr
    1. Said of a star, etc: to shine with a bright, flickering light.
      Thesaurus: sparkle, glisten, glitter, gleam, flicker, blink, shine, wink, flash, glint.
    intr
    2. Said of the eyes: to shine or sparkle with amusement, mischief, etc.
    3. To give off (light) with a flicker.
noun
    1. A gleam or sparkle in the eyes.
    2. A flicker or glimmer of light.
    3. An act of twinkling.
Idiom: in a twinkle (in a twinkling, in the twinkle of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye)
    In a moment or very short time.
Derivative: twinkler
noun
    Derivative: twinkling
    adj, noun
      Derivative: twinkly
      adj
        Etymology: Anglo-Saxon twinclian.



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