to twinkle

Definition of to twinkle in English English dictionary: twink; wink; a sparkle or glimmer of light
Soon the rocket was out of sight, and the flame was only seen as a tiny twinkle of light.; to bat, blink or wink the eyes
She smiled and gave a little nod and twinkled her eyes and said, .; to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer
We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.; {v} toopen and shut the eye, to sparkle; a flitting movement; when rapidly repeated; to be bright with delight; A brief flash or gleam, esp; To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate; gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"; a sparkle of delight in the eyes; a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?; If you say that someone's eyes twinkle, you mean that their face expresses good humour or amusement. She saw her mother's eyes twinkle with amusement. Twinkle is also a noun. A kindly twinkle came into her eyes; emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"; {f} sparkle, produce a flickering light; (usually of the eyes) to be bright with pleasure or joy; move quickly and lightly on one's feet; blink, wink (Archaic); To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink; to flit to and fro; A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye; a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash; If a star or a light twinkles, it shines with an unsteady light which rapidly and constantly changes from bright to faint. At night, lights twinkle in distant villages across the valleys. a band of twinkling diamonds; The time of a wink; a twinkling; {i} sparkle, flicker, faint uneven light; amount of time it takes to wink; wink (Archaic)