twinkling
A shining with fast intermittent lightA shining with fast intermittent light.
» Stars were twinkling in the sky.
Die Sterne funkelten am Himmel.
В небе мерцали звёзды.
Meaning
2 sensesA shining with fast intermittent light.
A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the eyes.
The housework was done in a twinkling.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
Examples
17 sentencesStars were twinkling in the sky.
ruВ небе мерцали звёзды.
deDie Sterne funkelten am Himmel.
The stars were twinkling in the sky.
Зорі мерехтіли у небі.
ruЗвёзды мерцали в небе.
The stars twinkling in the night sky looked like jewels.
Зірки, що мерехтіли у нічному небі, виглядали наче дорогоцінне каміння.
ruЗвезды, мерцавшие в ночном небе, выглядели как драгоценные камни.
The stars were twinkling brightly overhead.
Countless stars were twinkling in the sky.
ruВ небе сияли бесчисленные звёзды.
deUnzählige Sterne funkelten am Himmel.
Origin
From Middle English twynkelyng, twynkelynge, equivalent to twinkle + -ing.From Middle English twynkelyng, twynkelynge, equivalent to twinkle + -ing.
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Forms
plural: twinklings| Singular | twinkling |
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