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Added 10 October 2026

twink

/ˈtwɪŋk/ verb

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To twinkle; to sparkle.
To wink.

noun

One or more very small, short bursts of light.
A very short moment of time.

noun

The chaffinch.
A sound made by the chaffinch and some other birds.

verb

To chirp or twitter.

Origin

From Middle English twinken, twynken, from Old English *twincian (“to wink; twinkle”), from Proto-West Germanic *twinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *twinkōną, an augmented form (with formative *-kōną; see English -k) of Proto-Germanic *twint- (“to twinkle”). Cognate with Middle High German zwinken, zwingen, modern German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”), Middle Dutch twinc (“a blink”), Middle High German zwinzen, zwinzern (“to blink, blink hard”).

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