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单词 twinkling
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twinkling

He captures the twinkling eyes and mischievous grin brilliantly.He was in charge of the watch when he noticed a twinkling light some distance away.He returned with a twinkling smile and two large bath towels.He would be 36 richer in the twinkling of an eye.The most intense passage can change into musical comedy in the twinkling of an eye; the whole opera turns on a sixpence.Elsewhere, we're told that this will all happen in the twinkling of an eye.But, in the twinkling of an eye, yesterday becomes history and what matters is what we have just seen.Sometimes that honesty could be somewhat brutal, yet his directness, mischievous grin and twinkling eyes persuaded you to listen to his point of view.

Synonyms of 'twinkling'

moment, second, flash, instant
More Synonyms of twinkling
(noun) 
And then in a twinkling all vanished away.
Synonyms
moment
In a moment he was gone.
second
For a few seconds nobody said anything.
flash
instant
The pain disappeared in an instant.
tick (British, informal)
I'll be back in a tick.
twinkle
Hours can pass in a twinkle.
split second
jiffy (informal)
I'll have this truck fixed in a jiffy.
trice
She was back in a trice.
two shakes of a lamb's tail (informal)
shake (informal)
bat of an eye (informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of instant
Definition
a very brief time
The pain disappeared in an instant.
Synonyms
moment,
second,
minute,
shake (informal),
flash,
tick (British, informal),
no time,
twinkling,
split second,
jiffy (informal),
trice,
twinkling of an eye (informal),
two shakes (informal),
two shakes of a lamb's tail (informal),
bat of an eye (informal)
in the sense of jiffy
Definition
a very short time
I'll have this truck fixed in a jiffy.
Synonyms
moment,
second,
flash,
instant,
twinkling,
split second,
trice,
bat of an eye (informal)
in the sense of second
Definition
a very short period of time
For a few seconds nobody said anything.
Synonyms
moment,
minute,
instant,
flash,
tick (British, informal),
sec (informal),
twinkling,
split second,
jiffy (informal),
trice,
twinkling of an eye,
two shakes of a lamb's tail (informal),
bat of an eye (informal),
SEC

Nearby words of
twinkling

  • twine
  • twinge
  • twinkle
  • twinkling
  • twirl
  • twist
  • twisted

Related terms of
twinkling

  • twinkle

Synonyms of 'twinkling'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of shake
Definition
a very short period of time
Synonyms
moment,
second,
instant,
tick (British, informal),
jiffy (informal),
trice
in the sense of tick
Definition
a moment or instant
I'll be back in a tick.
Synonyms
moment,
second,
minute,
shake (informal),
flash,
instant,
sec (informal),
twinkling,
split second,
jiffy (informal),
trice,
half a mo (British, informal),
two shakes of a lamb's tail (informal),
bat of an eye (informal)
in the sense of trice
She was back in a trice.
Synonyms
moment,
second,
minute,
shake (informal),
flash,
instant,
tick (British, informal),
twinkling,
split second,
jiffy (informal),
twinkling of an eye,
two shakes of a lamb's tail (informal),
bat of an eye (informal)
in the sense of twinkle
Hours can pass in a twinkle.
Synonyms
moment,
second,
shake (informal),
flash,
instant,
tick (British, informal),
twinkling,
split second,
jiffy (informal),
trice,
two shakes of a lamb's tail (informal)
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