- twinkling - shining intermittently with a sparkling light; "twinkling stars"
Antonym: dull (indirect, via bright)
- blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
--1 is a kind of moment, minute, second, bit
- flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle - gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
--1 is one way to radiate
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun twinkle1, noun twinkler1
Lights twinkle on the horizon
The horizon is twinkleing with lights
- twinkle, winkle, scintillate - emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
--2 is one way to shine, beam
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun twinkle1, noun twinkler1
The coins twinkle