Word.ws English Dictionary

twinkled

twinkled is the simple past and past participle of twinkle.

Meaning of twinkle

Verb

twinkle (third-person singular simple present twinkles, present participle twinkling, simple past and past participle twinkled)

  1. To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
    • We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.
  2. To be bright with delight.
    • His shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly.
    Synonyms:
    sparkle
  3. To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
    • She smiled and gave a little nod and twinkled her eyes[…]1922, Mrs. Juliet M. Hueffer Soskice, Chapters from Childhood: Reminiscences of an Artist's Granddaughter, page 165
    Synonyms:
    nictitate
  4. To flit to and fro.
    • A butterfly twinkled among the vines[…]1988, Dorothy Gilman, Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle, page 190
    Synonyms:
    flicker, flirt, flutter

See all 9 meanings of twinkle

Phrases with twinkled

Questions about twinkled

What is twinkled the simple past and past participle of?
Twinkled is the simple past and past participle of twinkle.

Words near twinkled in the dictionary

  1. twinkle in one's daddy's eye
  2. twinkle in one's father's eye
  3. twinkle out
  4. twinkle toes
  5. twinkle-toed
  6. twinkled
  7. twinkled out
  8. twinkleless
  9. twinkler
  10. twinklers
  11. twinkles

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: twinkled (page history and authors); twinkle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “twinkled.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/twinkled. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.