twinkling+of+an+eye
31in the twinkling of an eye — immediately, in a flash, instantly, in a jiffy …
32eye — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ amber, blue, brown, dark, golden, green, grey/gray …
33twinkling — I noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) (Freq. 1) if I had the chance I d do it in a flash • Syn: ↑blink of an eye, ↑flash, ↑heartbeat, ↑instant, ↑ …
34Twinkling — Twinkle Twin kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twinkling}.] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch.] 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to… …
35twinkling — noun Twinkling is used before these nouns: ↑eye, ↑light …
36twinkling — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sparkling, glimmering, flashing; see bright 1 , shimmering . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. instant, split second, wink, blink of an eye, heartbeat, flash, moment. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A very brief time:… …
37in a twinkling — (or the twinkling of an eye) in an instant; very quickly * * * in a twinkling (or in the twinkling of an eye) : very quickly : in a very short time He was back in a twinkling. • • • Main Entry: ↑twinkling …
38in a twinkling — in the twinkling of an eye or in a twinkling very quickly …
39in a twinkling — ► in a twinkling (of an eye) in an instant. Main Entry: ↑twinkle …
40Naked eye — For other uses, see Naked eye (disambiguation). Bare eye redirects here. For the bird genus, see Bare eye. The naked eye The naked eye is a figure of speech referring to human visual perception unaided by a magnifying or light collecting optical… …
