twinkling

twin·kling  (twngklng)

n.

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], twink [twɪŋk]

n

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

Thesaurus

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"

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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.

Translations

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

twinkling

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

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

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