Word

twinkle, v.
(twinkled, twinkles, twinkling)
freq. cnt. 1

gleam or glow intermittently
<verb.perception> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

blink flash twinkle wink winkle

sample sentences

"The lights were flashing"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Lights %s on the horizon
The horizon is %sing with lights

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Lights %s on the horizon
The horizon is %sing with lights

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Lights %s on the horizon
The horizon is %sing with lights

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

flasher flash

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

twinkle twinkler

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

blinker blinker

semantic pointers

hypernym

radiate

hyponym

flick, flicker

emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
<verb.weather>

scintillate twinkle winkle

sample sentences

"Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"

verb frames

Something ----s
The coins %s

verb frames

Something ----s

verb frames

Something ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

twinkle twinkler

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

scintillant scintillation scintilla

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

celestial body, heavenly body

hypernym

shine, beam

verb group

scintillate