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--v. 3 pair, match, yoke, join, link, couple, combine, connect,
associate: Many towns in Britain are twinned with similar towns
on the Continent.
twine n. 1 cord, string; rope, cable, yarn: Have you some twine for
tying up this package?
--v. 2 entwine, braid, twist, intertwine, curl, wreathe,
spiral, wind, weave, interweave, encircle, wrap: Annette's
front door has roses twined all round it.
twinge n. 1 stab, pang, cramp, spasm, pinch, stitch, (sharp) pain,
prick, bite, gripe: I get a terrible twinge in my back when I
lift anything heavy. 2 pang, pain: I felt a twinge of remorse
at leaving.
twinkle v. 1 scintillate, sparkle, coruscate, glitter, shimmer, wink,
flicker, glisten, glint, flash, fulgurate, spark, dance, blink,
shine, gleam: The stars were twinkling in the icy black sky.
Nicole's eyes twinkled as she told me about Max's latest
success.
--n. 2 twinkling, scintillation, scintillating, sparkle,
sparkling, coruscation, coruscating, glitter, glittering,
shimmer, shimmering, winking, flicker, flickering, glistening,
glint, flash, flashing, fulguration, spark, sparking, dancing,
blinking, shine, shining, gleam, gleaming, dazzle, dazzling:
From far off, I caught the twinkle of the sun on car
windscreens.
twinkling n. 1 (split) second, flash, twinkling or wink of an eye,
instant, trice, Colloq jiffy, two shakes (of a lamb's tail),
tick: Liza called out, and in a twinkling, Joseph was at her
side. 2 See twinkle, 2, above.
twirl v. 1 spin, whirl, rotate, revolve, wheel, turn, gyrate, twist,
wind (about or around): The windmills twirled in the breeze.
Katherine absently twirled a lock of hair round her finger.
--n. 2 twirling, spin, spinning, whirl, whirling, turn,
turning, revolution: He was hypnotized by each twirl of the
roulette wheel. 3 whorl, winding, convolution, spiral, helix,
coil, volute: The pattern consists of interlocking twirls of