Meaning

1 senses

  1. To wink or blink

More definitions
  • briefly shut the eyes

Origin

Back-formation from nictitating.

Back-formation from nictitating.

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Forms

nictitates, nictitating, nictitated, nictitated
Base formnictitate · to nictitate
3rd person singularnictitates
Present participlenictitating
Past simplenictitated
Past participlenictitated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynictitate
he, she, itnictitates

Past simpleLesson

all personsnictitated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave nictitated
he, she, ithas nictitated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nictitate

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatednictitating membranenictitation

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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