different between twindle vs twinkle
twindle
English
Etymology
From Middle English *twinle, *twinnle, from Old English *twinnla (“twin, twinling”), equivalent to twin +? -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Old High German gizwinalo (“twin”).
Noun
twindle (plural twindles)
- (chiefly dialectal) A twin or twinling.
Related terms
- twyndyllyng
Anagrams
- indwelt, wintled
twindle From the web:
- swindle mean
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twinkle
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tw??kl?/
- Rhymes: -??k?l
Verb
twinkle (third-person singular simple present twinkles, present participle twinkling, simple past and past participle twinkled)
- (of a source of light) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer
- These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures.
- (chiefly of eyes) to be bright with delight
- Synonym: sparkle
- to bat, blink or wink the eyes
- 1922, Mrs. Juliet M. Hueffer Soskice, Chapters from Childhood: Reminiscences of an Artist's Granddaughter, page 165
- She smiled and gave a little nod and twinkled her eyes […]
- 1922, Mrs. Juliet M. Hueffer Soskice, Chapters from Childhood: Reminiscences of an Artist's Granddaughter, page 165
- to flit to and fro
- 1988, Dorothy Gilman, Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle, page 190
- A butterfly twinkled among the vines […]
- 1988, Dorothy Gilman, Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle, page 190
Synonyms
- glimmer
- scintillate
- wink
Derived terms
- twinkler
Translations
Noun
twinkle (plural twinkles)
- a sparkle or glimmer of light
- 1980, Robert De Beaugrande, Text, Discourse, and Process
- Soon the rocket was out of sight, and the flame was only seen as a tiny twinkle of light.
- 1980, Robert De Beaugrande, Text, Discourse, and Process
- a sparkle of delight in the eyes.
- a flitting movement
- 1848, James Russell Lowell, Hebe
- I saw the twinkle of white feet,
- 1848, James Russell Lowell, Hebe
- (colloquial) A brief moment; a twinkling.
- (childish) The female genitalia.
Translations
twinkle From the web:
- what twinkles
- what twinkles in the sky at night
- what twinkle twinkle little star
- what twinkles in the highwayman
- what twinkle does the poet refer to
- what twinkles on the shingles
- what twinkles in the night when the sun sets
- what twinkled effervescently
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