- nictitate as a verb:
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nictitate
verb
1 nictitate
Briefly shut the eyes.
synonyms: blink, nictate, wink.
Roget 443: be dimsighted etc. n.; see double; have a mote in the eye, have a mist before the eyes, have a film over the eyes; see through a prism, see through a glass darkly; wink, blink, nictitate; squint; ... show more
Dutch: flitsen, knippen, knipperen
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