nnoun.timea very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)Synset:New York minute blink of an eye flash heartbeat instant jiffy split second trice wink
Examples:- if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
Derivationally Related Form:flash
Hypernyms:bit minute mo moment second
Inherited Hypernyms:blink of an eyemomenttimetime periodfundamental quantitymeasureabstractionentity
vverb.perceptiongleam or glow intermittentlySynset:blink flash twinkle wink winkle
Derivationally Related Form:twinklerflasherflashtwinkleblinker
Hypernyms:radiate
Inherited Hypernyms:flashradiatecause to be perceived
Direct Hyponyms:flickflicker
Full Troponyms:flicker
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Lights --- on the horizon (apply to: flash, blink, twinkle) | The horizon is ---ing with lights (apply to: flash, blink, twinkle)
vverb.weatheremit or reflect light in a flickering mannerTopic:celestial bodyheavenly body
Synset:scintillate twinkle winkle
Examples:- Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
Derivationally Related Form:scintillascintillanttwinkletwinklerscintillation
Hypernyms:beam shine
Inherited Hypernyms:twinkleshine
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | The coins --- (apply to: twinkle)
adj satadj.allshining intermittently with a sparkling lightAntonyms:dull
Inherited Hypernyms:twinkling
Similar to:bright