nictate

• Verbe désuet signifiant cligner ou clignoter des yeux, notamment pour ciller volontairement ou involontairement.

An obsolete verb meaning to wink or blink the eyes.

1. BlinkC2formal

   To close and open the eyes quickly, often involuntarily.

   Cligner des yeux

   • The bright light caused him to nictate repeatedly.
   • She nictated to clear the dust from her eye.
   • The lizard nictated its transparent eyelid to moisten the eye.

   Synonymesbatblinknictitatewink