nictate

nic·ti·tate

(nĭk′tĭ-tāt′) also nic·tate (nĭk′tāt′)intr.v. nic·ti·tat·ed, nic·ti·tat·ing, nic·ti·tates also nic·tat·ed or nic·tat·ing or nic·tates To wink.

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[Medieval Latin nictitāre, nictitāt-, frequentative of Latin nictāre.]

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nic′ti·ta′tion n.

nictate

Past participle: nictated
Gerund: nictating

Imperative	nictatenictate

Present	I nictateyou nictatehe/she/it nictateswe nictateyou nictatethey nictate

Preterite	I nictatedyou nictatedhe/she/it nictatedwe nictatedyou nictatedthey nictated

Present Continuous	I am nictatingyou are nictatinghe/she/it is nictatingwe are nictatingyou are nictatingthey are nictating

Present Perfect	I have nictatedyou have nictatedhe/she/it has nictatedwe have nictatedyou have nictatedthey have nictated

Past Continuous	I was nictatingyou were nictatinghe/she/it was nictatingwe were nictatingyou were nictatingthey were nictating

Past Perfect	I had nictatedyou had nictatedhe/she/it had nictatedwe had nictatedyou had nictatedthey had nictated

Future	I will nictateyou will nictatehe/she/it will nictatewe will nictateyou will nictatethey will nictate

Future Perfect	I will have nictatedyou will have nictatedhe/she/it will have nictatedwe will have nictatedyou will have nictatedthey will have nictated

Future Continuous	I will be nictatingyou will be nictatinghe/she/it will be nictatingwe will be nictatingyou will be nictatingthey will be nictating

Present Perfect Continuous	I have been nictatingyou have been nictatinghe/she/it has been nictatingwe have been nictatingyou have been nictatingthey have been nictating

Future Perfect Continuous	I will have been nictatingyou will have been nictatinghe/she/it will have been nictatingwe will have been nictatingyou will have been nictatingthey will have been nictating

Past Perfect Continuous	I had been nictatingyou had been nictatinghe/she/it had been nictatingwe had been nictatingyou had been nictatingthey had been nictating

Conditional	I would nictateyou would nictatehe/she/it would nictatewe would nictateyou would nictatethey would nictate

Past Conditional	I would have nictatedyou would have nictatedhe/she/it would have nictatedwe would have nictatedyou would have nictatedthey would have nictated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.nictate - briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"blink, nictitate, winkpalpebrate - wink or blink, especially repeatedlybat, flutter - wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"act involuntarily, act reflexively - act in an uncontrolled manner

nictate

verbTo open and close the eyes rapidly:bat, blink, nictitate, twinkle, wink.