Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Twinkle

/(twĭṉ"k'l)/ · Twin·kle · IPA /ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/

01 v. i. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.

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.” — L' Estrange.
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.” — Sir I. Newton.

“The western sky twinkled with stars.” — Sir W. Scott.

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

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