TWINKLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does twinkle mean?
• TWINKLE (noun)
The noun TWINKLE has 2 senses:
1. a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
2. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
Familiarity information: TWINKLE used as a noun is rare.
• TWINKLE (verb)
The verb TWINKLE has 2 senses:
1. gleam or glow intermittently
2. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
Familiarity information: TWINKLE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TWINKLE (noun)
Meaning:
A rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
twinkle; sparkling; scintillation
Hypernyms ("twinkle" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Meaning:
Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
sparkle; spark; twinkle; light
Context examples:
he had a sparkle in his eye / there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes
Hypernyms ("twinkle" is a kind of...):
verve; vitality (an energetic style)
aspect; expression; face; facial expression; look (the feelings expressed on a person's face)
• TWINKLE (verb)
Meaning:
Gleam or glow intermittently
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
flash; twinkle; winkle; wink; blink
Context example:
The lights were flashing
Hypernyms (to "twinkle" is one way to...):
radiate (cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "twinkle"):
flick; flicker (flash intermittently)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence examples:
Lights twinkle on the horizon
The horizon is twinkleing with lights
Meaning:
Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Synonyms:
winkle; twinkle; scintillate
Context example:
Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
Hypernyms (to "twinkle" is one way to...):
beam; shine (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light)
Domain category:
celestial body; heavenly body (natural objects visible in the sky)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The coins twinkle
