twinkle twinkle
Classic children's lullaby opening
Twinkle twinkle is the opening of the nursery rhyme "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," so familiar that the phrase alone evokes childhood, bedtime, or innocent simplicity.
It appears in references to the song or as shorthand for something naive or sentimental: She sang twinkle twinkle to the baby.
The reduplication mimics the flickering quality of starlight.
- starLuminous astronomical object
- littleSmall in degree
- nursery rhymeTraditional poem for young children
- nurseryRoom for infants
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
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