English-Thai Dictionary

twinkle

N เวลา ชั่ว พริบตาเดียว  we-la-chue-pib-ta-diao

 

twinkle

N แสง แวววาว  sang-wea-wao

 

twinkle

VI ผ่าน ไป อย่างรวดเร็ว  pan-pai-yang-ruad-reo

 

twinkle

VI ส่องแสง ระยิบระยับ  song-sang-ra-yib-ra-yab

 

twinkle

VI เป็น แวววาว  pen-wea-wao

 

twinkle with

PHRV ระยิบระยับ ด้วย  กระพริบๆ  ด้วย  ra-yib-ra-yab-duai

 

twinkle with

PHRV แวววาว  ระยิบระยับ  wea-wao

 

twinkler

N ผู้ ขยิบตา  phu-ka-yib-ta

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TWINKLE

v.i. 1. To sparkle; to flash at intervals; to shine with a tremulous intermitted light, or with a broken quivering light. The fixed stars twinkle; the planets do not.
These stars do not twinkle, when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures.
2. To open and shut the eye by turns; as the twinkling owl.
3. To play irregularly; as, her eyes will twinkle.

 

TWINKLE, TWINKLING

n.A sparkling; a shining with intermitted light; as the twinkling of the stars. 1. A motion of the eye.
2. A moment; an instant; the time of a wink.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump--the dead shall be raised incorruptible. 1 Corinthians 15:52.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TWINKLE

Twin "kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling. ]Etym: [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch. ]

 

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 not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures. Sir I. Newton. The western sky twinkled with stars. Sir W. Scott.

 

TWINKLE

TWINKLE Twin "kle, n.

 

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. Dryden.

 

TWINKLER

TWINKLER Twin "kler, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

twinkle

twin kle |ˈtwiNGkəl ˈtwɪŋkəl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a star or light, or a shiny object ) shine with a gleam that varies repeatedly between bright and faint: the lights twinkled in the distance | (as adj. twinkling ) : twinkling harbor lights. • (of a person's eyes ) sparkle, esp. with amusement. • smile so that one's eyes sparkle: “Aha! ” he said, twinkling at her | (as adj. twinkling ) : a twinkling smile. • (of a person's feet ) move lightly and rapidly: his sandaled feet twinkled over the ground. ▶noun a sparkle or gleam in a person's eyes. • a light that appears continually to grow brighter and fainter: the distant twinkle of the lights. PHRASES in a twinkling (or the twinkling of an eye ) in an instant; very quickly. DERIVATIVES twin kler |-k (ə )lər |noun twin kly |-k (ə )lē |adjective ORIGIN Old English twinclian (verb ), of Germanic origin.

 

twinkletoes

twin kle toes |ˈtwiNGkəlˌtōz ˈtwɪŋkəlˌtoʊz | ▶noun informal a person who is nimble and quick on their feet.

 

Oxford Dictionary

twinkle

twin ¦kle |ˈtwɪŋk (ə )l | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] (of a star or light, or a shiny object ) shine with a gleam that changes constantly from bright to faint: the lights twinkled in the distance. • (of a person's eyes ) sparkle, especially with amusement. • smile so that one's eyes sparkle: ‘Aha! ’ he said, twinkling at her. 2 [ no obj., with adverbial ] (of a person's feet ) move lightly and rapidly: his sandalled feet twinkled over the ground. ▶noun a sparkle or gleam in a person's eyes. • a light which appears continually to grow brighter and fainter: the distant twinkle of the lights. DERIVATIVES twinkler noun, twinkly adjective ( twinklier, twinkliest ) ORIGIN Old English twinclian (verb ), of Germanic origin.

 

twinkle-toed

twinkle-toed |ˈtwɪŋk (ə )ltəʊd | ▶adjective informal nimble and quick on one's feet: a twinkle-toed midfielder. DERIVATIVES twinkletoes noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

twinkle

twinkle noun & verb a twinkle in her eye | the lights of the city twinkled below me: glitter, sparkle, shine, glimmer, shimmer, glint, gleam, flicker, flash, wink; literary glister.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

twinkle

twinkle verb 1 the lights of the city twinkled below me: glitter, sparkle, shine, glimmer, shimmer, glint, gleam, scintillate, glisten, flicker, flash, wink, blink; literary glister; rare coruscate, fulgurate, effulge. 2 his sandalled feet twinkled over the ground: run lightly, dart, dance, skip, flit, glide. ▶noun the distant twinkle of the lights: glitter, sparkle, twinkling, glimmer, shimmer, glint, gleam, flicker, dazzle, flash, wink, blink; rare scintillation, coruscation, fulguration.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

twinkle

twin kle /twɪ́ŋk (ə )l /動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; -kling 自動詞 1 〈星 光などが 〉きらきら光る ; またたく , またたくように光る ▸ Countless stars were twinkling in the night sky .無数の星が夜空に輝いていた .2 〈目が 〉【喜びなどで 】輝く , きらっと光る «with » ; «…に向かって » 目を輝かせて笑う «at » ▸ His eyes were twinkling with pride .彼の目は誇りで輝いていた .3 〈踊る人の足などが 〉きびきびと動く .他動詞 …をきらめかす .名詞 C 〖通例a ～; 時にthe ～〗1 (目の )輝き (!幸せや喜びを示す ) ▸ with a twinkle in one's eye 目を輝かせながら .2 (光の )またたき , きらめき, 閃光 （せんこう ）(sparkle ).3 (踊る人の足などの )きびきびした動き .4 瞬間, またたき .when y ò u were j ù st a tw í nkle in your f à ther's é ye ｟くだけて ｠お前が生まれるずっと前に .