twinkle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋkəl
Forms: form: twinkles
Etymology: From Middle English twinclen, twynclen, from Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”), equivalent to twink (“to wink; blink; twinkle”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”).
Senses: examples: text: Soon the rocket was out of sight, and the flame was only seen as a tiny twinkle of light.
ref: 1980, Robert De Beaugrande, Text, Discourse, and Process:
synonyms: glint
glister
spark
twink
glosses: A sparkle or glimmer of light.
examples: text: He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.
text: One of thoſe archers cloſely I did ſpy, / ayming his arrovv at my very hart: / vvhen ſuddenly vvith tvvincle of her eye, / the Damzell broke his miſintended dart.
ref: 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet XVI”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature B, verso:
glosses: A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
examples: text: I saw the twinkle of white feet,
ref: 1848, James Russell Lowell, Hebe:
synonyms: flit
flitter
glosses: A flitting movement.
synonyms: word: instant
word: moment
word: twinkling
word: bat of an eye
word: bit
word: blink of an eye
word: crack
word: eyeblink
word: flash
word: glimpse
word: half a mo
word: instant
word: jiff
word: jiffy
word: jot
word: minute
word: mo
word: moment
word: New York minute
word: New York second
word: no time
word: sec
word: second
word: span
word: split-second
word: spurt
word: stound
word: tick
word: trice
word: twink
word: twinkle
word: twinkling
word: while
glosses: A brief moment; a twinkling.
examples: text: The popular Swedish cartoon song about genitals was translated as "Willie and Twinkle".
synonyms: word: foo-foo
word: minnie
word: axe wound
word: bearded clam
word: beaver
word: berk
word: bonne bouche
word: box
word: bun
word: bush
word: cavern
word: clunge
word: coin slot
word: cooch
word: coochie
word: cookie
word: cooter
word: cooze
word: crack
word: crevice
word: cunny
word: cunt
word: fanny
word: fish lips
word: foo-foo
word: front bottom
word: front bum
word: front hole
word: gash
word: ginch
word: girl
word: Grand Canyon
word: honeypot
word: hoo-ha
word: innie
word: juice box
word: kebab
word: kitty
word: la-la
word: love box
word: love tunnel
word: minge
word: minnie
word: monosyllable
word: moocha
word: muff
word: muffin
word: nonny
word: pee-pee
word: penis fly trap
word: pink
word: pink bits
word: poontang
word: pump
word: punani
word: pussy
word: quim
word: sausage wallet
word: sheath
word: slit
word: snapper
word: snatch
word: squish mitten
word: stench trench
word: strange
word: sugar walls
word: tuppence
word: trap
word: twat
word: twinkle
word: vadge
word: vag
word: vagina
word: vaginer
word: va-jay-jay
word: vertical smile
word: Virginia
word: vulva
word: wee-wee
word: whisker biscuit
word: wizard's sleeve
word: axe wound
word: badly packed kebab
word: bearded clam
word: beaver
word: beef curtains
word: burger
word: chocha
word: clam
word: cooch
word: coochie
word: coochy
word: cookie
word: coot
word: cooter
word: crack
word: cunny
word: cunt
word: fanny
word: foo-foo
word: front bottom
word: fur burger
word: fur pie
word: gash
word: gee
word: girl penis
word: hair pie
word: ham sandwich
word: honey hole
word: it
word: kebab
word: kitty
word: ladybits
word: minge
word: minnie
word: moocha
word: mooshoo
word: mott
word: muff
word: muffin
word: na-na
word: nonny
word: nooky
word: noonie
word: old hat
word: pee flap
word: pee-pee
word: pink
word: poontang
word: prat
word: pudendum muliebre
word: punani
word: pussy
word: quaint
word: quiff
word: quim
word: roast beef
word: scut
word: slit
word: slot
word: snatch
word: treasures
word: tuppence
word: twat
word: twinkle
word: vadge
word: vagina
word: vajay
word: va-jay-jay
word: vulva
word: wee-wee
glosses: The female genitalia.
Derived terms: twinkle in one's daddy's eye
twinkle in one's father's eye
twinkle-toed
twinkle toes