twinkling adj : shining intermittently with a sparkling light; "twinkling stars" [syn: twinkling(a)] n : a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, wink, New York minute]

English

Adjective

1. Sparkling intermittently.

Noun

1. A shining with fast intermittent light.
2. The time it takes to blink the eyes.

Derived terms

• in the twinkling of an eye

Verb

twinkling

1. present participle of twinkle

Twinkle may refer to one of the following.

• Scintillation (astronomy), a phenomenon in the viewing [e.g. of stars]
• Winking or blinking an eye
• Twinkle (dance step), a dance step in some ballroom dances
• Twinkle (singer), a British pop singer in the 1960s.
• Twinkle (comic), a British comic (1968–1999).
• Twinkle Bajpai, a female contestant in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 who managed to obtain 8th position
• Twinkle, a fictional blade used by Drizzt Do'Urden in the Forgotten Realms fantasy universe.
• Twinkling (hand signal), a hand signal used in the process of consensual decision making
• Twinkle Flashcards, a flashcard program for Palm OS handhelds
• Twinkle (software), Qt based VoIP soft phone for Linux
• TWINKLE, a hypothetical integer factorization device
• Twinkle, a pop song by Koda Kumi and Show Luo.
• Twinkle, one of the cousins from We Love Katamari and Me & My Katamari.

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