Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To wink; nictitate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb To wink; to nictitate.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb briefly shut the eyes

Etymologies

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From (the participle stem of) Latin nictāre ("to wink, blink").

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