Twinkle
verb
Shine with a gleaming light that changes constantly.
The stars are twinkling in the night sky.
Often appears as...
- twinkle in the night
- twinkle in the sky
verb
To be lively or vibrant with light.
His eyes twinkled with excitement.
Often appears as...
- twinkle with excitement
- twinkle with joy
noun
A small shining light, often changing or flickering.
There was a twinkle of hope in her eyes.
Often appears as...
- twinkle of hope
- twinkle of light
verb
To close and open one's eyes quickly.
He twinkled his eyes at her.
Often appears as...
- twinkle at someone
- twinkle one's eyes
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
An act of winking or blinking with bright eyes.
I saw a twinkle in his eye when he saw the cake.
Often appears as...
- twinkle in the eye
- catch a twinkle
Usage tips
Approving
verb
Shine with a gleaming light that changes constantly.
The stars are twinkling in the night sky.
Often appears as...
- twinkle in the night
- twinkle in the sky
verb
To be lively or vibrant with light.
His eyes twinkled with excitement.
Often appears as...
- twinkle with excitement
- twinkle with joy
noun
A small shining light, often changing or flickering.
There was a twinkle of hope in her eyes.
Often appears as...
- twinkle of hope
- twinkle of light
verb
To close and open one's eyes quickly.
He twinkled his eyes at her.
Often appears as...
- twinkle at someone
- twinkle one's eyes
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
An act of winking or blinking with bright eyes.
I saw a twinkle in his eye when he saw the cake.
Often appears as...
- twinkle in the eye
- catch a twinkle
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Constantly Changing
Use 'twinkle' for lights that change brightness rapidly, like stars or reflections.
The necklace seemed to twinkle under the store lights.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Phenomena
'Twinkle' often describes natural light sources, not electronic or artificial ones.
Fireflies twinkle as they fly through the summer garden.
Pro Tip 1/2Constantly Changing
Use 'twinkle' for lights that change brightness rapidly, like stars or reflections.
The necklace seemed to twinkle under the store lights.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Phenomena
'Twinkle' often describes natural light sources, not electronic or artificial ones.
Fireflies twinkle as they fly through the summer garden.
Pro Tip 1/2Constantly Changing
Use 'twinkle' for lights that change brightness rapidly, like stars or reflections.
The necklace seemed to twinkle under the store lights.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Phenomena
'Twinkle' often describes natural light sources, not electronic or artificial ones.
Fireflies twinkle as they fly through the summer garden.
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Video examples
Aparna Rao: High-tech...
of fiber optics, which twinkle like the night sky. And it's at the scale of the night sky. So we wrapped this around a blob-like form, which is in the shape of a teddy bear, which was hanging from the ceiling. And the idea was to sort of contrast something very cold and distant and abstract like the universe
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Sugata Mitra: Build a...
used to sit and look up at the sky and say, "What are those twinkling lights?" They built the first curriculum, but we've lost sight of those wondrous questions. We've brought it down to the tangent of an angle. But that's not sexy enough. The way you would put it to a nine-year-old is to say,
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National Geographic goes...
Do the stars look different? The stars look gorgeous, but they don't twinkle because there's no atmosphere. During the day, it's just black. And that is, to me, the most riveting thing. - I can see stars. - That is space! - What is happening right now? - She's afraid of space.
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
surface and the miners crawled on their bellies and collected them by the handful sometimes they would go out to search for diamonds at night when they twinkled in the moonlight it was the richest deposit ever found one-fifth of all the world's gem diamonds come from
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How to stop swiping and...
And this kind and empathetic man told great jokes and asked even better questions. He was a lawyer and a writer, and his eyes twinkled when he laughed and they squeezed tight when I kissed him and at some point in the evening, our zero date became a first date.
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Finding planets around...
are like distant cities whose lights we can see twinkling, but whose streets we can't walk. By studying those twinkling lights though, we can learn about how stars and planets interact to form their own ecosystem and make habitats that are amenable to life.
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The unexpected math...
than their predecessors, seeming to capture its motion, for instance, across sun-dappled waters, or here in star light that twinkles and melts through milky waves of blue night sky. The effect is caused by luminance,
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A Camera, Two Kids and a...
North Dakota I I am always laughing when I'm taking pictures I just think life is so funny and and I just makes me happy to find a way to look at something that has a little bit of a twinkle and this is
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Rediscovering Youth on...
behind the boars not just alive but living again the way I'd known him as a child and then something more something deeper twinkled under his tired eyebrows a spark of something I had never seen before
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A Baffling Blood Disease...
to medical science a rare condition called heme ilaria can produce tears partially composed of blood but twinkles bleeding isn't restricted to her eyes
Video examples
Aparna Rao: High-tech...
of fiber optics, which twinkle like the night sky. And it's at the scale of the night sky. So we wrapped this around a blob-like form, which is in the shape of a teddy bear, which was hanging from the ceiling. And the idea was to sort of contrast something very cold and distant and abstract like the universe
Video examples
Sugata Mitra: Build a...
used to sit and look up at the sky and say, "What are those twinkling lights?" They built the first curriculum, but we've lost sight of those wondrous questions. We've brought it down to the tangent of an angle. But that's not sexy enough. The way you would put it to a nine-year-old is to say,
Video examples
National Geographic goes...
Do the stars look different? The stars look gorgeous, but they don't twinkle because there's no atmosphere. During the day, it's just black. And that is, to me, the most riveting thing. - I can see stars. - That is space! - What is happening right now? - She's afraid of space.
Video examples
Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
surface and the miners crawled on their bellies and collected them by the handful sometimes they would go out to search for diamonds at night when they twinkled in the moonlight it was the richest deposit ever found one-fifth of all the world's gem diamonds come from
Video examples
How to stop swiping and...
And this kind and empathetic man told great jokes and asked even better questions. He was a lawyer and a writer, and his eyes twinkled when he laughed and they squeezed tight when I kissed him and at some point in the evening, our zero date became a first date.
Video examples
Finding planets around...
are like distant cities whose lights we can see twinkling, but whose streets we can't walk. By studying those twinkling lights though, we can learn about how stars and planets interact to form their own ecosystem and make habitats that are amenable to life.
Video examples
The unexpected math...
than their predecessors, seeming to capture its motion, for instance, across sun-dappled waters, or here in star light that twinkles and melts through milky waves of blue night sky. The effect is caused by luminance,
Video examples
A Camera, Two Kids and a...
North Dakota I I am always laughing when I'm taking pictures I just think life is so funny and and I just makes me happy to find a way to look at something that has a little bit of a twinkle and this is
Video examples
Rediscovering Youth on...
behind the boars not just alive but living again the way I'd known him as a child and then something more something deeper twinkled under his tired eyebrows a spark of something I had never seen before
Video examples
A Baffling Blood Disease...
to medical science a rare condition called heme ilaria can produce tears partially composed of blood but twinkles bleeding isn't restricted to her eyes
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Edan Lepucki
American Novelist
I'm a mother of a three-year-old, but when I started 'California,' my son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye. Because the book took as long as it did, I wrote it before I was pregnant, while I was pregnant, and as a new mother - so I enjoyed a diversity of experiences while creating this world.
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A. Philip Randolph
American Activist
We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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Jill Ellis
British Coach
My dad has a certain spirit, a twinkle in his eye, someone who can set a certain standard for players but also convey it with humor. What I learned from him is that coaching is, more than anything, about connecting with people.
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Sai Baba
Indian Leader
Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.
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Rekha
Indian Actress
Lots of people feel that I am a fake. But I know that my smile and twinkle exist, reflecting the glow of my creator.
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Lewis Carroll
English Author
Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.
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Julian Fellowes
English Actor
A lot of actors find it impossible not to ask for the audience's sympathy. They have a need to twinkle.
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Victor Mature
Actor
Hollywood is a place where the stars twinkle until they wrinkle.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.
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Robert Plant
British Musician
I've still got a twinkle in me.
Quote examples
Edan Lepucki
American Novelist
I'm a mother of a three-year-old, but when I started 'California,' my son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye. Because the book took as long as it did, I wrote it before I was pregnant, while I was pregnant, and as a new mother - so I enjoyed a diversity of experiences while creating this world.
Quote examples
A. Philip Randolph
American Activist
We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
Quote examples
Jill Ellis
British Coach
My dad has a certain spirit, a twinkle in his eye, someone who can set a certain standard for players but also convey it with humor. What I learned from him is that coaching is, more than anything, about connecting with people.
Quote examples
Sai Baba
Indian Leader
Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.
Quote examples
Rekha
Indian Actress
Lots of people feel that I am a fake. But I know that my smile and twinkle exist, reflecting the glow of my creator.
Quote examples
Lewis Carroll
English Author
Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.
Quote examples
Julian Fellowes
English Actor
A lot of actors find it impossible not to ask for the audience's sympathy. They have a need to twinkle.
Quote examples
Victor Mature
Actor
Hollywood is a place where the stars twinkle until they wrinkle.
Quote examples
Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.
Quote examples
Robert Plant
British Musician
I've still got a twinkle in me.
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