twinkling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
    instant; wink; blink of an eye; flash; New York minute; jiffy; heartbeat; split second; trice.
    • if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
  2. verb gleam or glow intermittently
    wink; winkle; flash; twinkle; blink.
    • The lights were flashing
  3. verb emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
    scintillate; winkle; twinkle.
    • Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
  4. adjective satellite shining intermittently with a sparkling light
    • twinkling stars

WordNet

Twin"kling noun
Definitions
  1. The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle. Holland.
  2. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
  3. The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
    In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible. 1 Cor. xv. 52.

Webster 1913