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Etymology
From Latin nictare ‘wink’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/nɪk'teɪt/

Verb
en-verb|nictat|ing

1. to wink or blink

#:*1955: Gently I pressed my quivering sting along her rolling salty eyeball. ‘Goody-goody,’ she said nictating. — Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

vi:nictate
zh:nictate

• 2006-09-14 19:50 - RobotGMwikt - robot Adding: vi

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