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▪ I. twink, n.3 (and a.) U.S. slang.|twɪŋk|
[Of uncertain origin: perh. rel. to twink n.1 and associated words.]
= *twinkie n.1 Also attrib. or as adj.
1963Amer. Speech XXXVIII. 171 An effeminate young man, a sissy... Some of the less frequent, but more expressive, phrases are:..pansy-ass, petunia, punk, swish, twink, and weenie. 1978A. Maupin Tales of City 194 Where are the twinks, anyway?.. Who needs to waste a night staring at these old Gucci queens. 1980― More Tales of City 85, I found this gorgeous twink carpenter in the Mission.
▪ II. twink, n.1|twɪŋk|
Forms: 5 twynk, 5–6 twynke, 6–7 twinke, 7 twinck(e, 7 twinch, 6– twink.
[f. twink v.1]
1. A winking of the eye; transf. the time taken by this; a twinkling; now always in phrase in a twink; formerly at, in, with (a or the) twink of an eye; also with a twink; in the twink of a bedstick: cf. bedstaff.
14..Cov. Corp. Chr. Plays i. 506 Myne enmyis to vanquese.. And with a twynke of myn iee not won to be lafte alyve. 1471Ripley Comp. Alch. Pref. ii. in Ashm. Theatr. Chem. Brit. (1652) 127 In twynke of an Eye most sodenly. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lii. A a iv. (heading), Wherat with twynke of an iye (as it were) the head spider..hath builded a strong castell in that copweb. Ibid. xci. Oo iv b, Change (by chance) brought him (at twinke of an iye) From twig top of the tree, at the rote to lie. 1561Norton & Sackv. Gorboduc iv. ii. (Shaks. Soc.) 142 A pereles prince..Euen with a twinke a censeles stocke I sawe. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. ii. i. 312 Kisse on kisse Shee vi'd so fast, protesting oath on oath, That in a twinke she won me to her loue. 1607R. C[arew] tr. Estienne's World of Wonders i. xxiv. 194 The poore gentlewoman..speaking not a word, gaue him a twinch with a weeping eye. 1715Nelson tr. à Kempis' Chr. Exerc. iii. xxv. 173 As lightning in the Twink of an eye, so do all the Kingdoms and Times of the World pass away. 1754J. Shebbeare Matrimony (1766) II. 121 I'll cut it less in a Twink. 1756W. Toldervy Hist. 2 Orphans I. 71, I can tell you in the twink of a bedstick. 1833J. Nyren Yng. Cricketer's Tutor (1902) 93 The confident old bowler..thought to settle his business in a twink. 1898Watts-Dunton Aylwin iii. i, She's got the real witch's eye, and can do you a mischief in a twink, if she likes. 1902Barrie Little White Bird xiii. 135 Night passes in a twink.
transf.1904R. J. Farrer Garden Asia 276 With the merest twink of some nerve, sending prone his brawny opponent.
2. A twinkle or sparkle. rare.
1830[implied in twinkless: see below]. 1870J. W. Boulding Catalina 8 Saw ye not a strange twink in her eye?
Hence ˈtwinkless a., without a twink or twinkle.
1830R. Montgomery Satan ii. 121 When weary stars grow twinkless, and depart.
▪ III. twink, n.2|twɪŋk|
[Echoic; cf. pink n.6, spink n.1 1.]
A local name for the chaffinch.
1816Stephens in Shaw Gen. Zool. IX. ii. 444 It [Chaffinch] is called by various names in this country, such as..Horse⁓finch, Pink, Twink, Spink, &c. 1829[see pink n.6]. 1881G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Twink, the Chaffinch.
▪ IV. twink, v.1|twɪŋk|
Forms: see twink n.1
[ME. twinken (= MHG. and G. zwinken to wink), repr. the simple stem from which twinkle v.1 is formed.]
†1. intr. To wink, to blink. Obs.
c1400Gamelyn 453 Whan I twynke [v.r. twynk] on the, loke for to goon. c1440Promp. Parv. 505/2 Twynkyn, wythe the eye.., conniveo. 1600J. Lane Tom Tel-troth 262 Some winke, some twinke, some blinke, some stare. a1652Brome Covent-Garden iii. i. Wks. 1873 II. 47, I will..set mine eye against his, that he shall not twink, but I'le perceive it. 1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 567 To wink or twink with the eye, nictare.
2. To twinkle, sparkle.
1637N. Whiting Albino & Bellama 3 The curled tapers of the Firmament Did cease to twinke. 1795Cicely of Raby I. 195 The last star had twinked in the west, ere we had gone half our journey. 1856Aird Poet. Wks. 194 The wings of birds Twink with illumination. 1884Browning Ferishtah, Cherries 80 Like yon blue twinkle, twinks thine eye, my Love. 1896C. K. Paul tr. Huysman's En Route iv. 54 Durtal faintly saw..stars twinking in the air.
Hence ˈtwinking vbl. n.
1519W. Horman Vulg. 27 Ouermoche twyngynge [sic] of the yie betoketh vnstedfastnesse. 1627May Lucan vi. 863 The eyes with twincking hard Are op'd.
▪ V. twink, v.2 ? Obs. rare.|twɪŋk|
[Echoic; cf. tink, twank.]
intr. To make a light clear abrupt ringing sound; to clink, chink. Also of a bird (intr. and trans.), to utter, or utter with, a shrill metallic note.
a1529Skelton Col. Cloute 493 And wrest vp my harpe With sharpe twynkyng trebelles, Agaynst all suche rebelles. 1615Chapman Odyss. xxi. 548 A swallow..Twinks out her scatter'd voice in accents shrill. 1674J. Flavel Medit. Birds ii. in Husb. Spiritualized App. 238 A whole quire of Birds chirping and twinking together.
▪ VI. twink, v.3 Now dial.
[Of obscure origin: cf. twank v.]
trans. To chastise. Hence twinˈkation (nonce-wd.).
1747E. Carter Lett. (1808) 132, I have been called away ten times, and shall be twinked if I do not leave you. 1748Ibid. 164, I..wrote a twinkation to Mr. Richardson about it, to which I received so civil an answer that I knew not how to be angry. 1892S. Hewett Peas. Sp. Devon 138 I'll twink thee purty tight vur that, sure's a gun! |