Twinkling

n.	1.	The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.
	2.	A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
	3.	The time of a wink; a moment; an instant. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible. - 1 Cor. xv. 52.

Noun	1.	twinkling - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" Synonyms: instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, wink, blink of an eye, heartbeat, flash
Adj.	1.	twinkling - shining intermittently with a sparkling light; "twinkling stars"

blink, blinking, blinky, breath, coruscant, coruscating, coruscation, coup, crack, firefly, flash, glimmer, glimmering, glimmerous, glimmery, glisten, glistening, glister, glistering, glitter, glittering, glittery, glowworm, half a jiffy, half a mo, half a second, half a shake, instant, jiff, jiffy, microsecond, millisecond, minute, moment, scintilla, scintillant, scintillating, scintillation, scintillescent, sec, second, shake, shimmer, shimmering, shimmery, spangle, spangly, spark, sparkle, sparkling, split second, stroboscopic light, stroke, tick, tinsel, tinselly, trice, twink, twinkle, twinkly, twitch, two shakes, wink

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