twinkeling

Definitions of twinkeling
  1. noun
    a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
    synonyms: flonkering, fonkeling, glinstering, knip, knipbrood, schittering, trekje
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    type of:
    afwisseling, alteratie, alternantie, alternatie, alternering, keer, variatie, variëteit, verandering, wending
    an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
  2. noun
    a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
    synonyms: jiffy, jiffybag, knipoog
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    type of:
    minuut, moment, ogenblik, punt, seconde, tel
    an indefinitely short time
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