twinkling

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
  2. verb gleam or glow intermittently
  3. verb emit or reflect light in a flickering manner

Etymology

From Middle English twynkelynge, equivalent to twinkle + -ing.

In classic literature

Synonyms

blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, wink, New York minute

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