| VERB | perception | twinkle, flash, blink, wink, winkle | gleam or glow intermittently |
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| weather | twinkle, winkle, scintillate | emit or reflect light in a flickering manner | |
| NOUN | event | twinkle, scintillation, sparkling | a rapid change in brightness |
| attribute | twinkle, sparkle, spark, light | merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance |
| Sounds | twih'ngkahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash. | |
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| Synonyms | scintillation, sparkling | |
| Broader | change, alteration, modification | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
| Spanish | centelleo, parpareo | |
| Catalan | pampallugueig | |
| Verbs | twinkle | gleam or glow intermittently |
| twinkle | emit or reflect light in a flickering manner | |
| Meaning | merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance. | |
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| Example | "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes" | |
| Synonyms | sparkle, spark, light | |
| Broader | expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face | The feelings expressed on a person's face |
| vitality, verve | An energetic / energetic style | |
| Spanish | chispa | |
| Catalan | espurna, guspira | |
| Adjectives | twinkly | smiling with happiness or optimism |
| Meaning | gleam or glow intermittently. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Lights twinkle on the horizon; The horizon is twinkleing with lights | |
| Synonyms | flash, blink, wink, winkle | |
| Narrower | flicker, flick | flash intermittently |
| Broader | radiate | Cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays |
| Spanish | brillar intermitentemente, centellear, destellar, relampaguear, titilar | |
| Catalan | centellejar, llambrar, llambregar, llampegar, llampeguejar | |
| Nouns | twinkle | a rapid change in brightness |
| twinkler | an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner | |
| Meaning | emit or reflect light in a flickering manner. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The coins twinkle | |
| Example | "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" | |
| Synonyms | winkle, scintillate | |
| Category | celestial body, heavenly body | natural objects visible in the sky |
| Broader | shine, beam | emit light |
| Similar to | scintillate | give off |
| Spanish | centellear, chispear, titilar | |
| Catalan | centellejar, guspirejar | |
| Nouns | twinkle | a rapid change in brightness |
| twinkler | an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner | |
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