Twinkle /(twĭṉ"k'l)/

imp. & p. p. Twinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling

1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.

   The owl fell a moping and twinkling.

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

   These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures.

   The western sky twinkled with stars.

1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.

   Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye, The damsel broke his misintended dart.

2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
3. The time of a wink; a twinkling.