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twink

[ twingk ]
/ twɪŋk /

verb (used with or without object), noun

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twinkle.

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Nearby words

  1. twine,
  2. twinflower,
  3. twinge,
  4. twining,
  5. twinjet,
  6. twink out,
  7. twinkie,
  8. twinkle,
  9. twinkling,
  10. twinleaf

Origin of twink

1350–1400; Middle English twinken; cognate with German zwinken to wink; akin to twinkle
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British Dictionary definitions for twink

twink

/ (twɪŋk) /

noun

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Word Origin and History for twink

twink

n.

c.1400, "a winking of the eye," also "a twinkle" (1830), from twinkle. Meaning "young sexually attractive person" is recorded from 1963, probably from Twinkies (see Twinkie); but cf. 1920s-30s British homosexual slang twank in a similar sense.

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