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NICTATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nictate mean?
• NICTATE (verb)
The verb NICTATE has 1 sense:
1. briefly shut the eyes
Familiarity information: NICTATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they nictate ... he / she / it nictates
Past simple: nictated
Past participle: nictated
-ing form: nictating
... he / she / it nictates Past simple: nictated
Past participle: nictated
-ing form: nictating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Briefly shut the eyes
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
blink; nictate; nictitate; wink
Context example:
The TV announcer never seems to blink
Hypernyms (to "nictate" is one way to...):
act involuntarily; act reflexively (act in an uncontrolled manner)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nictate"):
palpebrate (wink or blink, especially repeatedly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
nictation (a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly)
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