IN A TWINKLING (OF AN EYE)

Meaning of IN A TWINKLING (OF AN EYE) in English

in an instant.

→ twinkle

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AN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
TWINKLING — noun Date: 14th century the time required for a wink ; instant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EYE — I Organ that receives light and visual images. Non-image forming, or direction, eyes are found among worms, mollusks, cnidarians, echinoderms, …
Английский словарь Британика
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EYE — I. ˈī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English eie, eye, eighe, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TWINKLING — -k(ə)liŋ, -līŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of twinklen to twinkle — more at twinkle 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TWINKLING — (n.) The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
Английский словарь Webster
TWINKLING — (n.) A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
Английский словарь Webster
TWINKLING — (n.) The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a …
Английский словарь Webster
TWINKLING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twinkle
Английский словарь Webster
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
TWINKLING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Twinkle
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TWINKLING — ( n. ) The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TWINKLING — ( n. ) The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TWINKLING — ( n. ) A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — — eyeable , adj. — eyelike , adj. — eyer , n. /uy/ , n. , pl. eyes , ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — I. ˈī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-AN
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWINKLING — Date: 14th century : the time required for a wink : instant the kettle will boil in a twinkling — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWINKLING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of twinkle. 2. twinkling ·noun the time of a wink; a moment; an instant. 3. twinkling ·noun …
Webster English vocab
EYE — noun tinge; shade of color. 2. eye ·noun a brood; as, an eye of pheasants. 3. eye ·noun the hole …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
EYE — [eye] n [ME, fr. OE eage; akin to OHG ouga eye, L oculus, Gk ops eye, face, Skt aksi eye] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-AN
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — specialized sensory organ capable of light reception and, in vertebrate animals, able to receive visual images that are then carried …
Britannica English vocabulary
TWINKLING — twinkling noun BrE AmE ˈtwɪŋk lɪŋ ˈtwɪŋk ə l‿ɪŋ ▷ twinkling|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TWINKLING — / ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ sing. ] ( old-fashioned , informal ) a very short time • IDIOMS - …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWINKLING — twin ‧ kling /ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun in the twinkling of an eye ( also in a twinkling ) very …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EYE — I. eye 1 S1 W1 /aɪ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eage ] 1 . FOR …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EYE — n. & v. n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Oxford English vocab
EYE — ( eyes, eyeing, or eying, eyed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWINKLING — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All that has passed has, in the pattern of the old grandmother-tales, taken but a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TWINKLING — [noun] - a very short timeIn the four-billion-year history of life, 100 000 years is a twinkling.The peace ended in …
Cambridge English vocab
EYE — [noun] [C] - one of the pair of organs of seeing in the faces of humans and animalsThey hoped the …
Cambridge English vocab
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Slang English vocab
TWINKLING — n. Function: noun Synonyms: INSTANT 1, minute, moment, second, shake, split second, ||tick, trice, twinkle, wink Idioms: the twinkling of …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TWINKLING — noun Synonyms: instant 1, minute, moment, second, shake, split second, ||tick, trice, twinkle, wink Idioms: the twinkling of an eye
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TWINKLING — noun Twinkling is used before these nouns: ↑ eye , ↑ light
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TWINKLING — n. 1 (split) second, flash, twinkling or wink of an eye, instant, trice, Colloq jiffy, two shakes (of a lamb's …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Словарь английских идиом
AN — indefinite article BAD : I had never visited an hospital before. GOOD : I had never visited a hospital before. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TWINKLING — сущ. 1) мерцание, мигание 2) мгновение, миг, момент in a twinkling, in the twinkling of an eye, in the twinkling …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EYE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TWINKLING — twinkling.ogg ʹtwıŋklıŋ n 1. мгновение in a twinkling, in the twinkling of an eye /of a bed-post/ - в мгновение …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EYE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EYE — 1) глаз(ок) 2) ушко; проушина; серьга; петля, рым, коуш 3) визир, визирное устройство; видоискатель 4) трик. чаша ( крючковой иглы …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
EYE — 1) глаз(ок) 2) ушко; проушина; серьга; петля, рым, коуш 3) визир, визирное устройство; видоискатель 4) трик. чаша (крючковой иглы) 5) трик. нитенаправитель, "глазок" • - access …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
EYE
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TWINKLING — сущ.1) мерцание, мигание 2) мгновение, миг, момент in a twinkling, in the twinkling of an eye, in the twinkling of …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TWINKLING — n 1. мгновение in a twinkling, in the twinkling of an eye /of a bed-post/ - в мгновение ока, мигом …
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