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Definition of twinkling noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

twinkling

noun
 
/ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ/
 
/ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ/
[singular] (old-fashioned, informal)Idioms
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  1. a very short time
    • He was asleep in a twinkling.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTwinkling is used before these nouns:
    • eye
    • light
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Idioms
in the twinkling of an eye
  1. very quickly synonym instant (1)
    • Suddenly, in the twinkling of an eye, her whole life had been turned upside down.
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