Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to twink
Participle: twinked
Gerund: twinking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | twink |
| you | twink |
| he;she;it | twinks |
| we | twink |
| you | twink |
| they | twink |
Perfect
| I | have twinked |
| you | have twinked |
| he;she;it | has twinked |
| we | have twinked |
| you | have twinked |
| they | have twinked |
Past
| I | twinked |
| you | twinked |
| he;she;it | twinked |
| we | twinked |
| you | twinked |
| they | twinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had twinked |
| you | had twinked |
| he;she;it | had twinked |
| we | had twinked |
| you | had twinked |
| they | had twinked |
Future
| I | will twink |
| you | will twink |
| he;she;it | will twink |
| we | will twink |
| you | will twink |
| they | will twink |
Future Perfect
| I | will have twinked |
| you | will have twinked |
| he;she;it | will have twinked |
| we | will have twinked |
| you | will have twinked |
| they | will have twinked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | twink |
| you | twink |
| he;she;it | twink |
| we | twink |
| you | twink |
| they | twink |
Perfect
| I | have twinked |
| you | have twinked |
| he;she;it | have twinked |
| we | have twinked |
| you | have twinked |
| they | have twinked |
Imperfect
| I | twinked |
| you | twinked |
| he;she;it | twinked |
| we | twinked |
| you | twinked |
| they | twinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had twinked |
| you | had twinked |
| he;she;it | had twinked |
| we | had twinked |
| you | had twinked |
| they | had twinked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would twink |
| you | would twink |
| he;she;it | would twink |
| we | would twink |
| you | would twink |
| they | would twink |
Perfect
| I | would have twinked |
| you | would have twinked |
| he;she;it | would have twinked |
| we | would have twinked |
| you | would have twinked |
| they | would have twinked |
Imperative
| you | twink |
| we | Let's twink |
| you | twink |
Verbs conjugated like 'twink'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'twink'
think,
tink,
twank,
twin,
twine,
twonk,
wink,
athink,
atwind,
blink,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English twinken, twynken, from Old English *twincian (“to wink; twinkle”), from Proto-West Germanic *twinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *twinkōną, an augmented form (with formative *-kōną; see English -k) of Proto-Germanic *twint- (“to twinkle”). Cognate with Middle High German zwinken, zwingen, modern German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”), Middle Dutch twinc (“a blink”), Middle High German zwinzen, zwinzern (“to blink, blink hard”). See: Middle High German '
zwinken', German, old spelling '
zwinkern', Middle High German '
zwinzen'.
Verbs referencing "twink"
German, old spelling
zwinkern, Russian
твинковать.
Sample Sentences
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Twinking happens in virtual worlds with PD, but not to the same extent. [2004, Richard A. Bartle, Designing Virtual Worlds, page 429:]
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However, the taboo surrounding twinking had all but disappeared by the time I started playing again in 2004. [2016, Timothy Rowlands, Video Game Worlds: Working at Play in the Culture of EverQuest:]
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He used real money to buy large amounts of in-game gold then 'twinked' his new character with the best gear, upgrading as his level rapidly increased. [2018, Adam Drake, Shadow For Hire Books 1-4:]
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That the twinked little brat doesn't want to mention that the only reason she won a single game was that daddy cut her a fat check. [2020, Alex Maven, ForeverQuest: Online Battle Arena:]