transitive. To strike together the eyelids (= bat, v.2), or the teeth; also intransitive either of a person, or his teeth (= chatter). Obsolete.

To move (a limb or part of the body attached by a joint) to and fro, up and down, or from side to side: usually implying rapid and repeated movement…

transitive with the eyes, eyelids, etc., as object.

transitive. To close (an eye, the eyes) for a moment, either voluntarily (sense 8) or involuntarily (sense 3).

transitive. To wink or blink (the eyes) quickly or angrily (cf. 14).

To twinkle with the eye or eyelids. In various shades of meaning which run into one another: in the… To shut the eyelids momentarily and…