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All twinkling synonyms

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noun twinkling

  • flash — a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
  • microsecond — a unit of time equal to one millionth of a second. Symbol: μsec.
  • millisecond — one thousandth of a second. Abbreviation: msec.
  • minute — the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
  • bedazzlement — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
  • hour — a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
  • jiff — a very short time; moment: to get dressed in a jiffy.
  • jiffy — a very short time; moment: to get dressed in a jiffy.
  • moment — an indefinitely short period of time; instant: I'll be with you in a moment.
  • wink — to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
  • hours — a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
  • mos — Metal Oxide Semiconductor
  • nanosecond — one billionth of a second. Abbreviation: ns, nsec.
  • mo — moment (def 1).
  • bat an eye — Alternative form of bat an eyelid.
  • incandescence — the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature. Compare luminescence.
  • instant — an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment: They arrived not an instant too soon.
  • min — a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.

adj twinkling

  • glinting — a tiny, quick flash of light.
  • auroral — of or like the dawn.
  • lucent — shining.
  • glistering — to glisten; glitter.
  • aglow — If something is aglow, it is shining and bright with a soft, warm light.
  • coruscant — giving off flashes of light
  • mantling — a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
  • moonlit — lighted by the moon.
  • irradiant — irradiating; radiant; shining.
  • bright — A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.

adjective twinkling

  • flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
  • glimmering — a faint or unsteady light; gleam.
  • glimmery — Glimmering; shimmery.
  • mirrorlike — Resembling a mirror; reflective.
  • fulgid — Scintillant, coruscant; marked by fleeting flashes of radiant light.
  • beady — Beady eyes are small, round, and bright.
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