twinkle en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/
- (US) audio
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”).
Meanings
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A sparkle or glimmer of light.
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:
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A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.
One of thoſe archers cloſely I did ſpy, / ayming his arrovv at my very hart: / vvhen ſuddenly vvith tvvincle of her eye, / the Damzell broke his miſintended dart.
1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet XVI”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature B, verso:
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A flitting movement.
I saw the twinkle of white feet,
1848, James Russell Lowell, Hebe:
- (colloquial) A brief moment; a twinkling.
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(childish) The female genitalia.
The popular Swedish cartoon song about genitals was translated as "Willie and Twinkle".
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| twinkles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
twinkle-toed · twinkle in one's father's eye · twinkle toes · twinkle in one's daddy's eye
Synonyms
old hat · sec · bat of an eye · jiffy · clunge · beef curtains · front bottom · bit · vulva · spark · monosyllable · flit · flash · whisker biscuit · twinkling · glint · pee-pee · axe wound · half a mo · beaver · quim · fur pie · bun · poontang · burger · trap · front hole · front bottom · vertical smile · tick · no time · na-na · glister · sheath · ham sandwich · cavern · vagina · Grand Canyon · scut · coin slot · glimpse · stound · poontang · yoni · beaver · axe wound · twinkle · hoo-ha · coochie · girl penis · flitter · cookie · coochie · strange · while · sugar walls · jiff · vaginer · snatch · tuppence · mooshoo · moment · love box · quiff · chocha · pink bits · twinkle · treasures · vadge · moocha · slit · fish lips · fanny · trice · nonny · pink · love tunnel · juice box · roast beef · pink · pussy · spurt · muff · mott · cunny · span · slit · va-jay-jay · la-la · noonie · gash · muff · New York second · muffin · twat · hair pie · Victoria · minute · mo · crack · snapper · twat · moocha · minge · coot · snatch · prat · crack · cooze · bearded clam · kitty · punani · ginch · penis fly trap · minge · vulva · twink · cunny · crevice · quaint · rat · kitty · coochy · squish mitten · box · twinkle · stench trench · wee-wee · second · sausage wallet · gash · vag · minnie · honeypot · berk · eyeblink · fur burger · foo-foo · minnie · honey hole · cooter · it · slot · blink of an eye · ladybits · bush · innie · New York minute · punani · girl · badly packed kebab · wizard's sleeve · quim · vagina · nonny · vajay · Vicky · moment · cunt · cooch · cooter · bearded clam · wee-wee · crack · clam · pump · kebab · tuppence · cooch · jot · va-jay-jay · gee · twinkling · cunt · pudendum muliebre · vadge · front bum · muffin · twink · minnie · pee-pee · pussy · kebab · split-second · bonne bouche · cookie · pee flap · nooky · Virginia · foo-foo · instant · fanny · foo-foo · instant
Translations (65)
ka კიაფი (sparkle or glimmer of light) · fi pilke (sparkle or glimmer of light) · bg блясък (sparkle of delight in the eyes) · ru порха́ние (flitting movement) · hu puni (female genitalia) · nb tissekone (female genitalia) · sl lulika (female genitalia) · it farfallina (female genitalia) · ka გაელვება (sparkle or glimmer of light) · ka კაშკაში (sparkle or glimmer of light) · pt perereca (female genitalia) · ro păsărică (female genitalia) · kl utsuit (female genitalia) · hy առկայծում (sparkle or glimmer of light) · sv snippa (female genitalia) · fo pitta (female genitalia) · ca petxina (female genitalia) · pl cipka (female genitalia) · ka გამოკრთომა (sparkle or glimmer of light) · ka ციალი (sparkle or glimmer of light) · se cincu (female genitalia) · ka ელვარება (sparkle or glimmer of light) · pl kuciapka (female genitalia) · se cinˈni (female genitalia) · is píka (female genitalia) · tr kuku (female genitalia) · ru пипи́ська (female genitalia) · bg блещукане (sparkle or glimmer of light) · ka ციმციმი (sparkle or glimmer of light) · ca patatona (female genitalia) · fr zézette (female genitalia) · it luccichio (sparkle of delight in the eyes) · nl poenie (female genitalia) · ka აელვარება (sparkle or glimmer of light) · ka ბრწყინვა (sparkle or glimmer of light) · fi pimppa (female genitalia) · ga glioscarnach (sparkle or glimmer of light) · nb jentetiss (female genitalia) · fi pimppi (female genitalia) · ga glioscarnach (sparkle of delight in the eyes) · cs pipina (female genitalia) · fi pilke (sparkle of delight in the eyes) · cmn 妹妹 (female genitalia) · da tissekone (female genitalia) · es chochete (female genitalia) · ka კვესა (sparkle or glimmer of light) · it scintillio (sparkle of delight in the eyes) · fi tuike (sparkle or glimmer of light) · hu nuni (female genitalia) · et tussu (female genitalia) · es chichi (female genitalia) · fi välke (sparkle or glimmer of light) · ru пи́ська (female genitalia) · ka კრთომა (sparkle or glimmer of light) · it patatina (female genitalia) · ru сия́ние (sparkle of delight in the eyes) · ka კამკამი (sparkle or glimmer of light) · ru мерца́ние (sparkle or glimmer of light) · fr foufoune (female genitalia) · de Mumu (female genitalia) · pt pepeca (female genitalia) · ka ბჟუტვა (sparkle or glimmer of light) · ka ნაკვესი (sparkle of delight in the eyes) · it barlume (sparkle or glimmer of light) · it bagliore (sparkle or glimmer of light)