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noun

ˈtwiŋ-k(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce twinkling (audio)
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as in minute
a very small space of time in a twinkling, the rabbit had disappeared

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twinkling

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adjective

as in gleaming

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twinkling

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verb

present participle of twinkle
1
as in flashing
to shine with light at regular intervals holiday decorations twinkled in the shop windows

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2
as in glinting
to shoot forth bursts of light stars twinkling on a crisp September night

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twinkling
  1. minute
  2. heartbeat
  3. second
  4. moment
  5. twinkle
  6. glittering
  7. glancing
  8. blinding
Noun
  • The crowd, having just witnessed 12 minutes of basketball at its most mild, eventually obliged.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Best of all this recipe only requires 10 minutes of active work and is ready in under an hour.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
Definition of minute
Noun
  • Demand Generation Manager Creating demand is the heartbeat of modern marketing.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Abuse can lead to irregular heartbeat, ischemic heart conditions, sudden cardiac arrest, convulsions, strokes and death.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of heartbeat
Noun
  • About 15 seconds in, there was our unrecognizable rubble situated between the unmistakable landmarks: a street sign and a charred but familiar tree.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
  • If there are critical business infrastructure components that cannot tolerate more than a few seconds or minutes of downtime, those are the areas that require immediate and concentrated attention from day one.
    Steve Durbin, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of second
Noun
  • There’s no end date listed on the site, so the sale could be over at any moment.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
  • But for now, Stan is embracing the quieter moments.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of moment
Noun
  • Wadsworth Griswold House decks the halls just like 'Christmas Vacation' In Northeast Ohio, the Griswold House in Wadsworth is festooned with 25,000 twinkle lights, just like the film.
    Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In Wayne’s greenhouse—where tomato seedings unfurled each spring—we’d gather for Christmas dinner, the trusses wound with twinkle lights and the long table laid with votives.
    Anna Noyes, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of twinkle
Adjective
  • The music star stepped out in a glittering yet understated look alongside Kansas City Chiefs tight end, Travis Kelce.
    Marissa Muller, WWD, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The pre-recorded performance saw the star decked in a glittering red suit and singing against a snowy backdrop.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of glittering
Adjective
  • Glaser, from a very glancing stylistic consideration, looks like a multicam by comparison.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Even so, Joonam is too scattershot and distanced from culture and politics to resonate with the news — potentially the film’s greatest draw — in more than a glancing way.
    Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2023
Definition of glancing
Adjective
  • Hisense’s MicroLED display can hit a blinding peak brightness of 10,000 nits.
    Chris Welch, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The sky’s all-encompassing blue reached down to the shimmering — almost blinding — white snow, flowing transparently into the stream of the footpath.
    Andriy Sodomora (Tr. Sabrina Jaszi & Roman Ivashkiv), The Dial, 12 Dec. 2024
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