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twinkle
What does twinkle mean?
twinkle (verb): gleam or glow intermittently.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use twinkle in a sentence?
- We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce twinkle?
/ˈtwɪŋkəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does twinkle come from?
From Middle English twinclen, twynclen, from Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”), equivalent to twink (“to wink; blink; twinkle”) + -le (frequentative suffix).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of twinkle?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “twinkle”?
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What does “twinkle” mean?
gleam or glow intermittently
Right! That's what “twinkle” means.
to mount; to move upwards on
Not quite: that's what climb means.
to cancel, invalidate, annul
Not quite: that's what repeal means.
to make prominent; emphasize
Not quite: that's what highlight means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “twinkle”?
flash
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trace
Not quite: trace means something else.
rival
Not quite: rival means something else.
climb
Not quite: climb means something else.
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