1 verb of light, star, jewel INTRANSITIVElonraigh verb c m udrithligh verb c m uthe lights twinkled on the treebhí na soilse ag lonrú ar an gcrann2 verb of eyes INTRANSITIVEhis eyes twinkled with amusementbhí loinnir an ghrinn ina shúile, bhí a shúile ag rince le meidhir, bhí a shúile ag damhsa le greann3 noun twinkling lightdrithliú masc c m uglioscarnach fem2 c m u4 noun humour in eyesshe answered with a naughty twinkled'fhreagair sí agus loinnir na dánachta ina súilethere's a twinkle of amusement in his eyestá a shúile ag damhsa le meidhir
phrases
to be a twinkle in your father's eye
when she was no more than a twinkle in her father's eyenuair nach raibh sise ach i bpóca Dé
to be a twinkle in sb's eye
the business was only a twinkle in her eye at that stagení raibh ach síol an smaoinimh don ghnó aici faoin tráth sin
