Light
Twinkle
Twinkle noun - Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance.
Usage example: there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes
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Synonyms for Twinkle
Light is a synonym for twinkle in glow topic. You can use "Light" instead the word "Twinkle" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as glimmer.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| visible | visible light | visible twinkle |
| small | small light | small twinkle |
| little | little light | little twinkle |
| yellow | yellow light | yellow twinkle |
Common collocations
| way | light way | twinkle way |
| isn't | light isn't | twinkle isn't |
Both words in one sentence
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A Light in the Distance: Looking for the way to Utgard-Loki, Thorkill and his crew are lost in a sea of eternal darkness, when they spot "a twinkle of a fire at no great distance".
Source: Literature / Gesta Danorum -
Fred "Twinkle Toes" Flintstone from The Flintstones becomes surprisingly light on his feet when doing his famous winning bowling technique.
Source: Acrofatic -
However, nothing starts getting sucked through the portal into the vacuum of space until shortly after you see the twinkle - presumably, the formation of the portal connection itself also propagates at the speed of light.
Source: Videogame / Portal 2
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