atwinkle
/əˈtwɪŋkəl/
atwinkle adjective: twinkling.
Adjective
atwinkle (not comparable)
- Twinkling.
- And he rode with a jewelled twinkle, / His pistol butts a-twinkle, / His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky.1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1, stanza II, page 46
- Eyes atwinkle at age 71, he boasts skills rare in the Republican Party for waging guerrilla war with help from the news media.2008 June 16, John Harwood, “No Ordinary Candidates, No Typical Campaign”, in The New York Times
Forms of atwinkle
| alternative form | a-twinkle |
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Origin of atwinkle
From a- + twinkle.
Words that rhyme with atwinkle
Questions about atwinkle
- What does atwinkle mean?
- Atwinkle means twinkling.
- What part of speech is atwinkle?
- Atwinkle is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce atwinkle?
- Atwinkle is pronounced /əˈtwɪŋkəl/.
Words near atwinkle in the dictionary
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