"twinkling" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ/ Forms: more twinkling [comparative], most twinkling [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪŋklɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English twynkelynge, equivalent to twinkle + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|twynkelynge}} Middle English twynkelynge, {{af|en|twinkle|-ing}} twinkle + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} twinkling (comparative more twinkling, superlative most twinkling)
  1. Sparkling intermittently. Synonyms: atwinkle Translations (sparkling intermittently): трепкащ (trepkašt) (Bulgarian), искрящ (iskrjašt) (Bulgarian), coruscus (Latin)
    Sense id: en-twinkling-en-adj-W3sh-vTs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ/ Forms: twinklings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋklɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English twynkelyng, twynkelynge, equivalent to twinkle + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|twynkelyng}} Middle English twynkelyng, {{m|enm|twynkelynge}} twynkelynge, {{af|en|twinkle|-ing}} twinkle + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} twinkling (plural twinklings)
  1. A shining with fast intermittent light.
    Sense id: en-twinkling-en-noun-EGHljhyo
  2. A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the eyes.
    Sense id: en-twinkling-en-noun-I614SmS6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: in the twinkling of a bedpost, in the twinkling of a bedstaff, in the twinkling of an eye
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪŋklɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English twynkelynge, equivalent to twinkle + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|twynkelynge}} Middle English twynkelynge, {{af|en|twinkle|-ing}} twinkle + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} twinkling
  1. present participle and gerund of twinkle Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: twinkle
    Sense id: en-twinkling-en-verb-zFH8oCjF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 3 27 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 30 8 23 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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