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Twink (gcide) | Twink \Twink\ (tw[i^][ng]k), v. i. [OE. twinken. See Twinkle.]
To twinkle. [Obs.]
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Twink (gcide) | Twink \Twink\ (tw[i^][ng]k), n.
1. A wink; a twinkling. [Obs.]
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2. (Zool.) The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
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twink (foldoc) | twink
/twink/ [UCSC] Equivalent to read-only user. Also reported
on the Usenet group soc.motss; may derive from gay slang for
a cute young thing with nothing upstairs (compare mainstream
"chick").
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twink (jargon) | twink
/twink/, n.
1. [Berkeley] A clue-repellant user; the next step beyond a clueless one.
2. [UCSC] A read-only user. Also reported on the Usenet group soc.motss;
may derive from gay slang for a cute young thing with nothing upstairs
(compare mainstream ‘chick’).
3. On MU* systems that specialize in role-playing, refers to behavior of a
(usually inexperienced) player that either ignores rules or social
convention, or disrupts the natural flow of a scene to show off super
powers.
We are informed that in Indian country, the term twink generally refers to
blondes into generic ‘Native American spirituality’. Signs include Indian
jewelry with MADE IN THAILAND stamped on it, crystals, Clairol black hair,
wearing swimsuits to powwows, Cherokee princess grandmas, a love of Dances
with Wolves, and a fear of AIM and the NCAI. The twink nature is
everywhere.
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twinkle (encz) | twinkle,blikání n: Zdeněk Brožtwinkle,jiskřit v: Zdeněk Brožtwinkle,mihotání n: Zdeněk Brožtwinkle,třpytit v: Zdeněk Brožtwinkle,zajiskření n: Zdeněk Brož |
twinkle toes (encz) | twinkle toes, |
twinkled (encz) | twinkled, |
twinkler (encz) | twinkler, |
twinkletoes (encz) | twinkletoes,člověk mající hbité nohy n: Jiří Dadák |
twinkling (encz) | twinkling,mihotavý adj: Zdeněk Brožtwinkling,mžik n: Zdeněk Brožtwinkling,okamžik n: Zdeněk Brož |
twinkly (encz) | twinkly,mihotavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Twink (gcide) | Twink \Twink\ (tw[i^][ng]k), v. i. [OE. twinken. See Twinkle.]
To twinkle. [Obs.]
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1. A wink; a twinkling. [Obs.]
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2. (Zool.) The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
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Twinkle (gcide) | Twinkle \Twin"kle\ (tw[i^][ng]"k'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Twinkled (tw[i^][ng]"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling
(tw[i^][ng]"kl[i^]ng).] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to
OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps
to E. twitch.]
1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
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The owl fell a moping and twinkling. --L' Estrange.
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2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light;
to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
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These stars do not twinkle when viewed through
telescopes that have large apertures. --Sir I.
Newton.
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The western sky twinkled with stars. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]Twinkle \Twin"kle\, n.
1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a
wink or sparkle of the eye.
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Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye,
The damsel broke his misintended dart. --Spenser.
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2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
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3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. --Dryden.
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Twinkled (gcide) | Twinkle \Twin"kle\ (tw[i^][ng]"k'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Twinkled (tw[i^][ng]"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling
(tw[i^][ng]"kl[i^]ng).] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to
OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps
to E. twitch.]
1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
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The owl fell a moping and twinkling. --L' Estrange.
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2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light;
to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
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These stars do not twinkle when viewed through
telescopes that have large apertures. --Sir I.
Newton.
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The western sky twinkled with stars. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Twinkler (gcide) | Twinkler \Twin"kler\, n.
One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye.
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Twinkling (gcide) | Twinkling \Twin"kling\, n.
1. The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick
movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle. --Holland.
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2. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a
sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
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3. The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
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In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible.
--1 Cor. xv.
52.
[1913 Webster]Twinkle \Twin"kle\ (tw[i^][ng]"k'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Twinkled (tw[i^][ng]"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling
(tw[i^][ng]"kl[i^]ng).] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to
OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps
to E. twitch.]
1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
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The owl fell a moping and twinkling. --L' Estrange.
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2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light;
to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
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These stars do not twinkle when viewed through
telescopes that have large apertures. --Sir I.
Newton.
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The western sky twinkled with stars. --Sir W.
Scott.
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twinkie (wn) | Twinkie
n 1: a small sponge cake with a synthetic cream filling |
twinkle (wn) | twinkle
n 1: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn:
twinkle, scintillation, sparkling]
2: merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of
countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a
perpetual twinkle in his eyes" [syn: sparkle, twinkle,
spark, light]
v 1: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
[syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle]
2: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a
constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
[syn: twinkle, winkle, scintillate] |
twinkler (wn) | twinkler
n 1: an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent
flickering manner |
twinkling (wn) | twinkling
adj 1: shining intermittently with a sparkling light; "twinkling
stars"
n 1: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or
the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a
flash" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat,
instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling,
wink, New York minute] |
twinkly (wn) | twinkly
adj 1: smiling with happiness or optimism; "Come to my arms, my
beamish boy!"- Lewis Carroll; "a room of smiling faces";
"a round red twinkly Santa Claus" [syn: beamish,
smiling(a), twinkly] |
twinkle (vera) | TWINKLE
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