tuikkia — meaning in English

English meaning

• glimmer noun A faint, unsteady light.
• twink noun (slang) A young, slim, attractive gay man, typically without much body hair.
• twinkle verb To shine with a flickering, sparkling light.
• wink verb To close and quickly reopen one eye as a signal, joke, or private message to someone.

Senses

tuikkia is used for these senses in English:

• glimmer (intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.
• twink To twinkle; to sparkle.
• twinkle (of a source of light) To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
• twinkle (chiefly, of eyes) To be bright with delight.
• wink (intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

glimmer — full definition

1. noun A faint, unsteady light.
2. verb To shine with a faint, flickering light.

twink — full definition

1. noun (slang) A young, slim, attractive gay man, typically without much body hair.
2. verb To twinkle or sparkle briefly.

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