ADJ
mischievous, wicked
PHRASES
a twinkle in sb's eye
verb
To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.
These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures.
To be bright with delight.
His shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly.
To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
She smiled and gave a little nod and twinkled her eyes[…]
The Owl Fell a Moping and Twinkling.
To flit to and fro.
A butterfly twinkled among the vines[…]
noun
A sparkle or glimmer of light.
Soon the rocket was out of sight, and the flame was only seen as a tiny twinkle of light.
A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.
One of thoſe archers cloſely I did ſpy, / ayming his arrovv at my very hart: / vvhen ſuddenly vvith tvvincle of her eye, / the Damzell broke his miſintended dart.
A flitting movement.
I saw the twinkle of white feet,
A brief moment; a twinkling.
The female genitalia.
The popular Swedish cartoon song about genitals was translated as "Willie and Twinkle".
A notional look of anticipation or hope (either for sex or a child) in one's father's eyes at or around the time of one's conception.
Kimberly handed him a whisky and said: "So's that, my boy. Forty-eight-year-old Glenlivet. This was a connoisseur's drop before you were a twinkle in your father's eye."
We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.
WiktionaryThese stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures.
WiktionaryThe western sky twinkled with stars.
WiktionarySoon the rocket was out of sight, and the flame was only seen as a tiny twinkle of light.
WiktionaryHe was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.
WiktionaryOne of thoſe archers cloſely I did ſpy, / ayming his arrovv at my very hart: / vvhen ſuddenly vvith tvvincle of her eye, / the Damzell broke his miſintended dart.
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