twinkle
verb
[ ˈtwɪŋk(ə)l ]
• (of a star or light, or a shiny object) shine with a gleam that changes constantly from bright to faint.
• "the lights twinkled in the distance"
Similar:
glitter,
sparkle,
shine,
glimmer,
shimmer,
glint,
gleam,
scintillate,
glisten,
flicker,
flash,
wink,
blink,
glister,
coruscate,
fulgurate,
effulge,
glittering,
sparkling,
coruscating,
glimmering,
glinting,
gleaming,
glistening,
flickering,
winking,
bright,
shining,
brilliant,
scintillating,
scintillant,
refulgent,
effulgent,
fulgent,
nitid,
luculent,
• (of a person's feet) move lightly and rapidly.
• "his sandalled feet twinkled over the ground"
twinkle
noun
• a sparkle or gleam in a person's eyes.
• "she looked at me with a grin and a twinkle in her eye"
Similar:
glitter,
sparkle,
twinkling,
glimmer,
shimmer,
glint,
gleam,
flicker,
dazzle,
flash,
wink,
blink,
scintillation,
coruscation,
fulguration,
Origin:
Old English twinclian (verb), of Germanic origin.
