twinkn.1
/twɪŋk/, U.S. /twɪŋk/ 1. A winking of the eye; transferred 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 n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant
hand-whileOE
prinkOE
start-while?c1225
twinkling1303
rese?c1335
prick1340
momenta1382
pointa1382
minutea1393
instant1398
braida1400
siquarea1400
twink14..
whip?c1450
movement1490
punct1513
pissing whilea1556
trice1579
turning of a hand1579
wink1585
twinklec1592
semiquaver1602
punto1616
punctilio of time1620
punctum1620
breathing1625
instance1631
tantillation1651
rapc1700
crack1725
turning of a straw1755
pig's whisper1780
jiffy1785
less than no time1788
jiff1797
blinka1813
gliffy1820
handclap1822
glimpsea1824
eyewink1836
thought1836
eye-blink1838
semibreve1845
pop1847
two shakes of a lamb's taila1855
pig's whistle1859
time point1867
New York minute1870
tick1879
mo?1896
second1897
styme1897
split-second1912
split minute1931
no-time1942
sec.1956
society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [noun] > winking > a wink
twink14..
twinkle1548
eyewink1761
wink1836
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > movements of eye > winking or blinking
prinkOE
twinklinga1300
blenching1393
twink14..
blenking?a1505
twinking1519
twinkle1548
connivance1596
winka1616
nictation1623
shailing1653
nictitation1794
blinking1871
blink1924
bat1932
saccade1953
14.. Coventry Corpus Christi Plays i. 506 Myne enmyis to vanquese.. And with a twynke of myn iee not won to be lafte alyve.
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy Pref. ii. in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 127 In twynke of an Eye most sodenly.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie 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.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie 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.
1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc iv. ii. (Shaks. Soc.) 142 A pereles prince..Euen with a twinke a censeles stocke I sawe.
1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders i. xxiv. 194 The poore gentlewoman..speaking not a word, gaue him a twinch with a weeping eye.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 306 Kisse on kisse Shee vi'd so fast, protesting oath on oath, That in a twinke she won me to her loue. View more context for this quotation
1715 tr. Thomas à Kempis Christian's Exercise iii. xxv. 173 As Lightning in the Twink of an Eye, so do all the Kingdoms and Times of the World pass away.
1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act II. lvii. 138 I'll cut it less in a Twink.
1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. 71 I can tell you in the twink of a bedstick.
1833 J. Nyren Young Cricketer's Tutor 72 The confident old bowler..thought to settle his business in a twink.
1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin iii. i She's got the real witch's eye, and can do you a mischief in a twink, if she likes.
1902 J. M. Barrie Little White Bird xiii. 135 Night passes in a twink.
2. A twinkle or sparkle. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light
sprankle1398
sparkle1490
spunkc1540
sparka1542
scintil1599
glitter1602
star1609
stricture1628
spinther1641
scintillation1646
fanglea1657
scintilla1661
sparkleta1687
twinkle1689
spangle1821
spink1829
crown jewel1851
twink1870
peep1882
1830 [see twinkless adj. at Derivatives].
1870 J. W. Boulding Catalina 8 Saw ye not a strange twink in her eye?
Derivatives
ˈtwinkless adj. without a twink or twinkle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective]
blinda1000
darkOE
lightlessOE
murkOE
therka1325
murkfula1400
unsheena1400
tenebrousc1420
tenebrose1490
tenebrate1492
sable?a1513
unlightsome1574
tenebrious1594
blindfold1601
Stygian1602
dayless1657
unenlightened1662
darklinga1718
rayless1727
tenebrific1786
twinkless1830
transdiurnal1848
glimmerless1889
gleamless1891
unlightened1896
1830 R. Montgomery Satan ii. 121 When weary stars grow twinkless, and depart.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
twinkn.2
/twɪŋk/, U.S. /twɪŋk/ A local name for the chaffinch.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Fringillinae > fringilla coelebs (chaffinch)
spinkc1425
chaffinchc1440
sheld-apple1544
shilfa1684
guinet1725
wheat-bird1747
piefinch1779
scobby1800
beech-finch1815
pink1816
twink1816
whitewing1854
spinkie1911
1816 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. ii. 444 It [Chaffinch] is called by various names in this country, such as..Horse~finch, Pink, Twink, Spink, &c.
1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 165 In Gloucestershire..from the constant repetition of one note, when alarmed or in danger, they have acquired the name of ‘twinks’, and ‘pinks’.
1881 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Suppl. Twink, the Chaffinch.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
twinkn.3
/twɪŋk/, U.S. /twɪŋk/ U.S. slang.
= twinkie n.1 Also in appositive use.In quot. 1953 used more generally to refer to immature young men.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man
badlingeOE
milksopc1390
cockneyc1405
malkina1425
molla1425
weakling1526
tenderling1541
softling1543
niceling1549
woman-man1567
cocknel1570
effeminate1583
androgyne1587
meacock1590
mammaday1593
hermaphrodite1594
midwife1596
nimfadoro1600
night-sneaker1611
mock-mana1625
nan1670
she-man1675
petit maître1711
old woman1717
master-miss1754
Miss Molly1754
molly1785
squaw1805
mollycoddle1823
Miss Nancy1824
mollycot1826
molly mop1829
poof1833
Margery?c1855
ladyboy1857
girl1862
Mary Ann1868
sissy1879
milk1881
pretty-boy1881
nancy1888
poofter1889
Nancy Dawson1890
softie1895
puff1902
pussy1904
Lizzie1905
nance1910
quean1910
maricon1921
pie-face1922
bitch1923
Jessie1923
lily1923
tapette1923
pansy1926
nancy boy1927
nelly1931
femme1932
ponce1932
queerie1933
palone1934
queenie1935
girlie-man1940
swish1941
puss1942
wonk1945
mother1947
candy-ass1953
twink1953
cream puff1958
pronk1959
swishy1959
limp wrist1960
pansy-ass1963
weeny1963
poofteroo1966
mo1968
shim1973
twinkie1977
woofter1977
cake boy1992
hermaphrodite-
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male
badlingeOE
nan1670
molly1708
Miss Molly1754
Miss Nancy1824
molly mop1829
poof1833
Margery?c1855
Mary Ann1868
pretty-boy1881
cocksucker1885
poofter1889
queer1894
fruit1895
fairy1896
homosexualist1898
puff1902
pussy1904
nance1910
quean1910
girl1912
faggot1913
mouser1914
queen1919
fag1921
gay boy1921
maricon1921
pie-face1922
bitch1923
Jessie1923
tapette1923
pansy1926
nancy boy1927
nelly1931
femme1932
ponce1932
punk1933
queerie1933
gobbler1934
jocker1935
queenie1935
iron1936
freak1941
swish1941
flit1942
tonk1943
wonk1945
mother1947
fruitcake1952
Mary1953
twink1953
swishy1959
limp wrist1960
arse bandit1961
leather man1961
booty bandit1962
ginger beer1964
bummer1965
poofteroo1966
shirtlifter1966
battyman1967
dick-sucker1968
mo1968
a friend of Dorothy1972
shim1973
gaylord1976
twinkie1977
woofter1977
bender1986
knob jockey1989
batty boy1992
cake boy1992
1953 M. Chase Bernardine i. i. 14 Fudge...They're a couple of twinks. I've seen them. Tub...Sharp boys! That Gibbs is still ridin' a bicycle... Why should we mess around with that young stuff?
1963 Amer. Speech 38 171 An effeminate young man, a sissy... Some of the less frequent, but more expressive, phrases are:..pansy-ass, petunia, punk, swish, twink, and weenie.
1978 A. Maupin Tales of City 194 Where are the twinks, anyway?.. Who needs to waste a night staring at these tired old Gucci queens.
1980 A. Maupin More Tales of City 85 I found this gorgeous twink carpenter in the Mission.
2012 Gay Times May 62/5 After the disappointing drama camp installment the twinks head to Palm Springs for more scantily-clad bed-hopping misunderstanding.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
twinkv.1
/twɪŋk/, U.S. /twɪŋk/ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [verb (intransitive)] > wink
twinklea1300
prinkc1380
twinkc1400
wink1837
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (intransitive)] > move eyes > wink or blink
twinklea1300
prinkc1330
winka1400
twinkc1400
wapper1575
pimper1600
twire1601
hoodwink1641
connive1712
nictate1755
bat1838
blink1858
c1400 Gamelyn 453 Whan I twynke [v.r. twynk] on the, loke for to goon.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 505/2 Twynkyn, wythe the eye.., conniveo.
1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 262 Some winke, some twinke, some blinke, some stare.
a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden iii. i. 48 in Five New Playes (1659) I will..set mine eye against his, that he shall not twink, but I'le perceive it.
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 567 To wink or twink with the eye, nictare.
2. To twinkle, sparkle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > sparkle or glitter
twinklec888
shimc950
blika1000
glisec1000
glistenc1000
glista1225
glore13..
sparkc1300
glisterc1380
sparklec1386
spranklea1387
glittera1400
sprinklea1400
blikenc1400
glaster1447
springlec1460
sprangle1495
brandish1552
pink1589
scintillate1623
simper1633
twink1637
spangle1639
scintill1681
scintillize1694
prinkle1724
skinkle1765
winkle1791
coruscate1807
1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 3 The curled tapers of the Firmament Did cease to twinke.
1795 Cicely of Raby I. 195 The last star had twinked in the west, ere we had gone half our journey.
1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 194 The wings of birds Twink with illumination.
1884 R. Browning Cherries in Ferishtah's Fancies 80 Like yon blue twinkle, twinks thine eye, my Love.
1896 C. K. Paul tr. J.-K. Huysman En Route iv. 54 Durtal faintly saw..stars twinking in the air.
Derivatives
ˈtwinking n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > movements of eye > winking or blinking
prinkOE
twinklinga1300
blenching1393
twink14..
blenking?a1505
twinking1519
twinkle1548
connivance1596
winka1616
nictation1623
shailing1653
nictitation1794
blinking1871
blink1924
bat1932
saccade1953
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 27 Ouermoche twyngynge [sic] of the yie, betoketh vnstedfastnesse.
1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) vi. 863 The eyes with twincking hard Are op'd.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
twinkv.2
/twɪŋk/, U.S. /twɪŋk/ ? Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To make a light clear abrupt ringing sound; to clink, chink. Also of a bird (intransitive and transitive), to utter, or utter with, a shrill metallic note.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > ring [verb (intransitive)] > clink or chink
clinkc1386
clinchc1440
twinka1529
chink1589
to cry clink1607
jink1828
plink1877
clink-clank1921
a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. B.v And wrest vp my harpe With sharpe twynkyng trebelles Agaynst all suche rebelles.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxi. 548 A swallow..Twinks out her scatter'd voice in accents shrill.
1669 J. Flavell Husbandry Spiritualized App. 237 A whole quire of Birds chirping and twinking together.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
twinkv.3
Now dialect.
transitive. To chastise.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)]
threac897
threapc897
begripea1000
threata1000
castea1200
chaste?c1225
takec1275
blame1297
chastya1300
sniba1300
withnima1315
undernima1325
rebukec1330
snuba1340
withtakea1340
reprovec1350
chastisea1375
arate1377
challenge1377
undertake1377
reprehenda1382
repreync1390
runta1398
snapea1400
underfoc1400
to call to account1434
to put downc1440
snebc1440
uptakec1440
correptc1449
reformc1450
reprise?c1450
to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450
control1451
redarguec1475
berisp1481
to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522
checkc1530
admonish1541
nip1548
twig?1550
impreve1552
lesson1555
to take down1562
to haul (a person) over the coals1565
increpate1570
touch1570
school1573
to gather up1577
task1580
redarguate?1590
expostulate1592
tutor1599
sauce1601
snip1601
sneap1611
to take in tax1635
to sharp up1647
round1653
threapen1671
reprimand1681
to take to task1682
document1690
chapter1693
repulse1746
twink1747
to speak to ——1753
haul1795
to pull up1799
carpet1840
rig1841
to talk to1860
to take (a person) to the woodshed1882
rawhide1895
to tell off1897
to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900
to get on ——1904
to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908
strafe1915
tick1915
woodshed1935
to slap (a person) down1938
sort1941
bind1942
bottle1946
mat1948
ream1950
zap1961
elder1967
1747 E. Carter Let. 30 Mar. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) I. 132 I have been called away ten times, and shall be twinked if I do not leave you.
1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 138 I'll twink thee purty tight vur that, sure's a gun.
Derivatives
twinˈkation n. (nonce-word).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > instance of
admonishingc1350
reproofc1400
fliting1435
rebuke?a1439
snibc1450
reprehensiona1500
redargution1514
remorda1529
piece of one's mind1536
check1541
snuba1556
rebuking1561
boba1566
sneap1600
snipping1601
reprimand1636
repriment1652
rubber1699
slap1736
twinkation1748
rap1777
throughgoing1817
dressing-down1823
downset1824
hazing1829
snubbing1841
downsetting1842
raking1852
calling1855
talking toc1875
rousting1900
strafe1915
strafing1915
raspberry1919
rousing1923
bottle1938
reaming1944
ticking-off1950
serve1967
1748 E. Carter Let. 20 Jan. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) I. 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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n.114..n.21816n.31953v.1c1400
v.2a1529v.31747- to be sharp upon
- to be shet of
- to be ship-mates with
- to be shipmates with
- to be shitting it
- to be shook on
- to be shooting blanks
- to be shorn
- to be shorn a monk
- to be shorn in
- to be shorn of its beams
- to be shorn of one's strength , of one's authority, privileges
- to be shorn of one's strength ? in allusion to the story of samson, of one's authority, privileges
- to be short
- to be shorter by a head
- to be shot
- to be shot between wind and water
- to be shot by the board
- to be shot on the post
- to be shot out
- to be sick of that record
- to be sinking
- to be skewed
- to be skin and bone
- to be skin and bones