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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