Twinkle

(twĭnk'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. TWINKLED; p. pr. & vb. n. TWINKLING.] [A-S. twincian, Prov. Ger. zwinken, zwinkern, to twinkle with the eyes.] 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. The owl fell a moping and twinkling. L'Estrange. 2. To sparkle; to flash at intervals; to shine with an intermitted or a broken, quivering light; to scintillate. These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures. Newton. The western sky twinkled with stars. W. Scott.