[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

twinkle \twin"kle\, n.
   1. a closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a
      wink or sparkle of the eye.
      1913 webster

            suddenly, with twinkle of her eye,
            the damsel broke his misintended dart. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. a brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
      1913 webster

   3. the time of a wink; a twinkling. --dryden.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

twinkle \twin"kle\ twi^ng"k'l, v. i. imp.  p. p.
   twinkled twi^ng"k'ld; p. pr.  vb. n. twinkling
   twi^ng"kli^ng. oe. twinklen, as. twinclian; akin to
   oe. twinken to blink, wink, g. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps
   to e. twitch.
   1. to open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
      1913 webster

            the owl fell a moping and twinkling.  --l' estrange.
      1913 webster
      1913 webster

   2. to shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light;
      to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
      1913 webster

            these stars do not twinkle when viewed through
            telescopes that have large apertures. --sir i.
                                                  newton.
      1913 webster

            the western sky twinkled with stars.  --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster
see also:
twinkled twinkling 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

twinkle
     n : a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash syn: scintillation,
          sparkling
     v 1: gleam or glow intermittently; "the lights were flashing"
          syn: flash, blink, wink, winkle
     2: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "does a
        constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
        syn: winkle, scintillate
see also:
scintillation sparkling flash blink wink winkle 
scintillate 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

75 moby thesaurus words for "twinkle":
   bat, blink, blinking, breath, coruscate, coruscating, coruscation,
   coup, crack, dance, dancing, dazzle, dazzling, firefly, flash,
   flashing, flicker, flickering, fulgurate, fulguration, gleam,
   gleaming, glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glisten, glistening,
   glister, glitter, glittering, glowworm, half a jiffy, half a mo,
   half a second, half a shake, illuminate, instant, jiff, jiffy,
   light, light up, microsecond, millisecond, minute, moment,
   nictitate, scintilla, scintillate, scintillating, scintillation,
   sec, second, shake, shimmer, shimmering, shine, shining, spangle,
   spark, sparking, sparkle, sparkling, split second,
   stroboscopic light, stroke, tick, tinsel, trice, twink, twinkling,
   twitch, two shakes, wink, winking

[5] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

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