Synonyms of twinkle
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Another word for twinkle is twink. Other synonyms of twinkle are flicker, fulgurate, glimmer, scintillate and shimmer.
Synonyms and similar words for twinkle
verbTo shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
verbTo be bright with delight.
- sparkleTo manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
verbTo bat, blink or wink the eyes.
- nictitateTo wink or blink.
nounA sparkle or glimmer of light.
nounA brief moment; a twinkling.
- instantA very short period of time; a moment.
- moment
- twinklingA very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the eyes.
- bat of an eyeSynonym of blink of an eye.
- bitSpecifically, a small amount of time.
- blink of an eyeA moment (a very short period of time).
- eyeblinkA moment (a very short period of time).
- flashA very short amount of time.
- half a moA brief time; a jiffy.
- jiffA jiffy; a moment; a short time.
- jiffyA very short, unspecified length of time.
- minuteA short but unspecified time period.
- mo
- New York minuteAn instant; an extremely short time.
- New York secondSynonym of New York minute (“short instant of time”).
- no timeA very short period of time.
- secSecond, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
- secondA short, indeterminate amount of time.
- span
- split-secondA fraction of a second; hence (figurative, also attributive) a very short time period; an instant, a moment.
- spurtA moment, a short period of time.
- tickA short period of time, particularly a second.
- triceNow only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.
- whileAn uncertain short moment.
- crack British, datedThe vagina.
- glimpse rareA brief, unspecified amount of time; a moment.
- jot obsoleteAn instant, a moment.
- stound archaic, dialectalA brief span of time, moment, instant.
nounThe female genitalia.
- foo-fooSynonym of frou-frou.
- minnie
- axe wound
- bearded clamVulva.
- beaver vulgar
- berk UK, slangA fool, a prat, a twit, etc.
- bonne bouche
- box vulgarThe vagina.
- bun
- bush vulgar
- cavern
- clunge vulgar
- coin slot
- cooch vulgar
- coochie vulgar
- cookie
- cooter
- cooze vulgar
- crevice
- cunny vulgarA loli; a child or childlike character, especially when considered sexually attractive.
- cunt vulgar
- fanny Australia, UK
- fish lips vulgarThe vagina.
- front bottom UKThe female genitalia; the vulva.
- front bum
- front hole
- gash vulgarA vulva.
- ginch UK, slang
- girl
- Grand Canyon
- honeypot vulgarA vulva or vagina.
- hoo-ha
- innie
- juice box
- kebab UK
- kitty
- la-la
- love boxThe vagina or vulva.
- love tunnel
- minge UK, vulgarThe pubic hair and vulva.
- moochaA loincloth made from animals' tails or strips of skin; part of the traditional dress of Zulu males.
- muff vulgarThe vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.
- muffinThe vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.
- nonny
- pee-pee
- penis fly trapThe vagina.
- pink
- pink bits vulgarThe vagina.
- poontang vulgar
- punani vulgar
- pussy vulgarThe female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.
- quim UK, vulgar
- sausage walletThe vagina.
- sheath
- slit vulgar
- snapper
- snatch vulgar
- squish mittenThe vagina.
- stench trenchThe vagina.
- strange
- sugar walls
- tuppence
- trap
- twat vulgar
- vadge vulgarThe vagina.
- vag
- vaginaThe vulva, or the vulva and vaginal passage collectively.
- vaginer
- va-jay-jayVagina; vulva.
- vertical smileA vulva.
- Vicky slangVagina.
- Victoria slangVagina.
- Virginia slangVagina.
- vulva
- wee-wee UKThe vulva or vagina.
- whisker biscuit
Meaning of twinkle
- verb To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
- verb To be bright with delight.
- verb To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
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