twinkling

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: twin=kling

CIDE DICTIONARY

twinkling, n. 

•  The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.  Holland.  [1913 Webster]
•  A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.  [1913 Webster]
•  The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.  [1913 Webster]

  "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

twinkling

blink, blinking, blinky, breath, coruscant, coruscating, coruscation, coup, crack, firefly, flash, glimmer, glimmering, glimmerous, glimmery, glisten, glistening, glister, glistering, glitter, glittering, glittery, glowworm, half a jiffy, half a mo, half a second, half a shake, instant, jiff, jiffy, microsecond, millisecond, minute, moment, scintilla, scintillant, scintillating, scintillation, scintillescent, sec, second, shake, shimmer, shimmering, shimmery, spangle, spangly, spark, sparkle, sparkling, split second, stroboscopic light, stroke, tick, tinsel, tinselly, trice, twink, twinkle, twinkly, twitch, two shakes, wink

ROGET THESAURUS

twinkling

Instantaneity

N instantaneity, instantaneousness, immediacy, suddenness, abruptness, moment, instant, second, minute, twinkling, trice, flash, breath, crack, jiffy, coup, burst, flash of lightning, stroke of time, epoch, time, time of day, time of night, hour, minute, very minute, very time, very hour, present time, right time, true time, exact correct time, instantaneous, momentary, sudden, immediate, instant, abrupt, discontinuous, precipitous, precipitant, precipitate, subitaneous, hasty, quick as thought, quick as lightning, quick as a flash, rapid as electricity, speedy, quick, fast, fleet, swift, lively, blitz, rapid (velocity), instantaneously, in no time, in less than no time, presto, subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot, in a moment, in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice, in one's tracks, right away, toute a l'heure, at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum, uno saltu, at once, all at once, plump, slap, at one fell swoop, at the same instant, immediately, extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment, no sooner said than done, just then, slap-dash, touch and go, no sooner said than done.