twinkle
verb (used without object)
to shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a star or distant light.
twinkler
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a word derived from
twinkle.
Example Sentences
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But the France Football-reading midfield twinkler has gone down in our estimation today.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2012
The deal was sealed for posterity by an heroic, dead-eyed fieldsman – and I'd no sooner landed in Guyana than I made a beeline for kindly twinkler Joe Solomon, chairman of the Guyana cricket board.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2010
But it requires an experienced eye and steady vision to catch this shy twinkler.
From Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments by Garrett Putman Serviss
Having found the north point as near as you can, look upward about forty degrees from the horizon, and you will see the lone twinkler called the north or pole star.
From Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments by Garrett Putman Serviss
"Yon's the first twinkler," said Peke, seeing it at once, though his gaze was apparently fixed on the ground.
From The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches by Marie Corelli
