twinkle
/ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/ verb B2- To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer. · We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.
- To be bright with delight. · His shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly.
- To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
- To flit to and fro.
He/she/it twinkles · Past twinkled · Past participle twinkled · -ing form twinkling
Verb forms
- Base form
- twinkle
- He/she/it
- twinkles
- Past
- twinkled
- Past participle
- twinkled
- -ing form
- twinkling
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Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose.
His tall, bony figure gave promise of exceptional physical strength, while his great cranium and deep-set, lustrous eyes spoke no less clearly of the keen intelligence which twinkled out from behind his bushy eyebrows.
“Good-bye, and thank you very much,” returned the girl; and the Monkeys rose into the air and were out of sight in a twinkling.
Spreads in a twinkle
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