Nouns

(n)blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minutea very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)“if I had the chance, I'd do it in a flash”

Adjectives

(s)twinklingshining intermittently with a sparkling light“twinkling stars”