twinkling

The act of blinking.

A blink or twinkle.

The time it takes to blink once; an instant.

The act of one who or that which twinkles; especially, a quick twitching or fluttering movement of the eye; a wink.

The phenomenon of scintillation of the fixed stars, consisting of fluctuations of light and of color at the rate of from fifty to a hundred per second. ;

The time required for one twinkle or wink, as of the eye; a flash; hence, a very short time.

The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.

A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling.

The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.

Sparkling intermittently.