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Definition of Nictate
1. Verb. Briefly shut the eyes. "The TV announcer never seems to blink"
Specialized synonyms: Palpebrate, Bat, Flutter
Generic synonyms: Act Involuntarily, Act Reflexively
Derivative terms: Blink, Blinking, Nictation, Nictitation, Wink, Winker, Winking
Definition of Nictate
1. v. i. To wink; to nictitate.
Definition of Nictate
1. Verb. To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane. (defdate from 18th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nictate
1. to wink [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] - See also: wink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nictate
Literary usage of Nictate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1890)
"... produced grain only for their own wants, and were content to grind it on the
household nictate, or at best, ..."
2. Casa Grande, Arizona by Jesse Walter Fewkes (1912)
"... 31 inches Long wooden hoe; length, 36J inches Wooden posts of beams, showing
marks of stone-cutting tools Mealing stone for nictate; 8} by 3} Inches \l. ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"impennate 2. pennate. (chiefly spec.), flightless. wink, n. I. twinkle, blink.
2. See MOMENT. wink, vi twinkle, blink; spec, nictate, ..."
4. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1890)
"... when a vessel was found containing paint or other sacred paraphernalia ; when
a nictate was found overturned, that it might be considered „dead" for the ..."
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