Nictate

HYPHEN

nic=tate

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Nictate has 1 sense

nictate(v = verb.body) blink, nictitate, wink - briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"

is one way to act involuntarily, act reflexively

Derived form noun nictation₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Nictate, v. i. [L. nictare, nictatum, from nicere to beckon.].

To wink; to nictitate. [1913 Webster]

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ROGET THESAURUS

Nictate

Dimsightedness

VB be dimsighted, 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, look askant, askant askance, screw up the eyes, glare, glower, nictate, dazzle, loom.

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