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twin·kling

(twĭng′klĭng)

1. The act of blinking.

2. A blink or twinkle: the twinkling of a starry sky.

3. The time it takes to blink once; an instant: disappeared in the twinkling of an eye.

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twinkling

(ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ) or

twink

a very short time; instant; moment. Also called: twinkling of an eye

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

twin•kling

(ˈtwɪŋ klɪŋ)

n.

1. an act of shining with intermittent gleams of light.

2. the time required for a wink; an instant.

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Noun	1.	twinkling - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, wink, blink of an eye, heartbeat, flash mo, moment, second, minute, bit - an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
Adj.	1.	twinkling - shining intermittently with a sparkling light; "twinkling stars" bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"

twinkling

noun moment, second, flash, instant, tick (Brit. informal), twinkle, split second, jiffy (informal), trice, two shakes of a lamb's tail (informal), shake (informal), bat of an eye (informal) And then in a twinkling all vanished away.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

twinkling

noun

A very brief time:

crack, flash, instant, minute, moment, second, trice, twinkle, wink.

Informal: jiff, jiffy.

Chiefly British: tick.

Translations

étincellement

balenio scintillazione

twinkling

[ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ]

A. ADJ [light] → centelleante, titilante; [eye] → brillante, risueño (fig) [feet] → rápido, ligero

B. N → centelleo m, parpadeo m
in the twinkling of an eye → en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

twinkling

n in the twinkling of an eye → im Nu, im Handumdrehen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

twinkling

[ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ] n → scintillio
in the twinkling of an eye → in un batter d'occhio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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"Good-bye, and thank you very much," returned the girl; and the Monkeys rose into the air and were out of sight in a twinkling.

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