twinkling

1. 1.

   shining intermittently with a sparkling light

   “twinkling stars”

   Similarbright

Other forms of twinkling

plural

twinklings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about twinkling

What does twinkling mean?

twinkling means "a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twinkling?

twinkling has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈtwɪŋkəlɪŋ/.

What is another word for twinkling?

Close synonyms include blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is twinkling a common word?

twinkling is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.