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twine<br />

--v. 3 pair, match, yoke, join, link, couple, combine, connect,<br />

associate: Many towns in Britain are twinned with similar towns<br />

on the Continent.<br />

n. 1 cord, string; rope, cable, yarn: Have you some twine for<br />

tying up this package?<br />

--v. 2 entwine, braid, twist, intertwine, curl, wreathe,<br />

spiral, wind, weave, interweave, encircle, wrap: Annette's<br />

front door has roses twined all round it.<br />

twinge n. 1 stab, pang, cramp, spasm, pinch, stitch, (sharp) pain,<br />

prick, bite, gripe: I get a terrible twinge in my back when I<br />

lift anything heavy. 2 pang, pain: I felt a twinge of remorse<br />

at leaving.<br />

twinkle v. 1 scintillate, sparkle, coruscate, glitter, shimmer, wink,<br />

flicker, glisten, glint, flash, fulgurate, spark, dance, blink,<br />

shine, gleam: The stars were twinkling in the icy black sky.<br />

Nicole's eyes twinkled as she told me about Max's latest<br />

success.<br />

--n. 2 twinkling, scintillation, scintillating, sparkle,<br />

sparkling, coruscation, coruscating, glitter, glittering,<br />

shimmer, shimmering, winking, flicker, flickering, glistening,<br />

glint, flash, flashing, fulguration, spark, sparking, dancing,<br />

blinking, shine, shining, gleam, gleaming, dazzle, dazzling:<br />

From far off, I caught the twinkle of the sun on car<br />

windscreens.<br />

twinkling n. 1 (split) second, flash, twinkling or wink of an eye,<br />

instant, trice, Colloq jiffy, two shakes (of a lamb's tail),<br />

tick: Liza called out, and in a twinkling, Joseph was at her<br />

side. 2 See twinkle, 2, above.<br />

twirl<br />

v. 1 spin, whirl, rotate, revolve, wheel, turn, gyrate, twist,<br />

wind (about or around): The windmills twirled in the breeze.<br />

Katherine absently twirled a lock of hair round her finger.<br />

--n. 2 twirling, spin, spinning, whirl, whirling, turn,<br />

turning, revolution: He was hypnotized by each twirl of the<br />

roulette wheel. 3 whorl, winding, convolution, spiral, helix,<br />

coil, volute: The pattern consists of interlocking twirls of

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