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twinkling

noun

1 twinkling

A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat).

synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, wink.

Roget 113: instantaneity, instantaneousness, immediacy; suddenness, abruptness.    moment, instant, second, minute; twinkling, trice, flash, breath, ... show more

Dutch: handomdraai, mum, moment, pols, flits

adjective

1 twinkling

Shining intermittently with a sparkling light.


Moby thesaurus: blink, blinking, blinky, breath, coruscant, coruscating, coruscation, coup, crack, firefly, flash, glimmer, glimmering, glimmerous, glimmery, glisten, glistening, glister, glistering, glitter ... show more.

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