Толковый словарь английского языка - twinkle
Twinkle
twinkle
I. verb (~d; twinkling) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English twinclian; akin to Middle High German zwinken to blink Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to shine with a flickering or sparkling light ; scintillate , 2. to flutter the eyelids, to appear bright especially with merriment , to flutter or flit rapidly, transitive verb to cause to shine with fluctuating light, to flicker or flirt rapidly , ~r noun II. noun Date: 1548 a wink of the eyelids, the instant's duration of a wink ; twinkling , an intermittent radiance ; flicker , sparkle , a rapid flashing motion ; flit , twinkly adjective
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (of a star or light etc.) shine with rapidly intermittent gleams. 2 intr. (of the eyes) sparkle. 3 intr. (of the feet in dancing) move lightly and rapidly. 4 tr. emit (a light or signal) in quick gleams. 5 tr. blink or wink (one's eyes). --n. 1 a a sparkle or gleam of the eyes. b a blink or wink. 2 a slight flash of light; a glimmer. 3 a short rapid movement. Phrases and idioms in a twinkle (or a twinkling or the twinkling of an eye) in an instant. Derivatives twinkler n. twinkly adj. Etymology: OE twinclian ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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