Meaning & use
Twinkler
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A person or thing that twinkles, such as a star or a small sparkling light.
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The nursery ceiling was decorated with tiny plastic twinklers.
Astronomers jokingly call variable stars 'twinklers' for their fluctuating brightness.
A note on using this word
A whimsical, fairly rare agent noun built from 'twinkle'; it appears mostly in children's writing and casual, playful speech.
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