twinkling
nounThe act of blinking.
nounA blink or twinkle.
nounThe time it takes to blink once; an instant.
nounThe act of one who or that which twinkles; especially, a quick twitching or fluttering movement of the eye; a wink.
nounThe phenomenon of scintillation of the fixed stars, consisting of fluctuations of light and of color at the rate of from fifty to a hundred per second. ;
nounThe time required for one twinkle or wink, as of the eye; a flash; hence, a very short time.
nounThe act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.
nounA shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling.
nounThe time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
adjective