单词 | twink |
释义 | twinkn.1 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 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 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.1ΘΚΠ 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 ? 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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