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21Spasm, nictitating — Spasm of the eyelid with continuous winking. To nictitiate is to wink. Nictitate and the older verb nictate both come from the Latin word for winking, nictare …
22bat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cudgel, club, stick, nightstick; brickbat. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A club, especially one used in sports] Syn. ball bat, baseball bat, cricket bat, stick, club, racket, pole, mallet. 2. [*A… …
23blink — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. wink; flash, twinkle; glimmer; disregard, ignore. See vision, neglect. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To wink rapidly] Syn. flicker, bat one s eyes, flutter one s eyelids, nictitate; see wink 1 . 2. [To… …
24twinkle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. blink, wink; scintillate, sparkle, shine. See light. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shimmer, flicker, sparkle; see shine 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. scintillation, flicker, flash, sparkle, glint …
25nictitate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To open and close the eyes rapidly: bat1, blink, nictate, twinkle, wink. See REPETITION, SEE …
26nictitate — (v.) to wink, 1822, from M.L. nictitatus, pp. of nictitare, frequentative of L. nictare wink, blink, related to NICERE (Cf. nicere) to beckon, from PIE root *kneigwh to lean on, to bend (the eyelids together). Related: Nictitated; nictitating… …
27wink — v. n. Blink, nictate …
28blink — I. n. 1. Glance, glimpse, sight, view, wink. 2. Glimmer, gleam, sheen, shimmer, twinkle. II. v. n. 1. Wink, nictitate, nictate, see obscurely. 2. Flicker, flutter, intermit, shine fitfully, twinkle, glitter, gleam. III. v. a. Overlook ( …
29bat — I n 1. stick, racket, mallet; club, shaft, staff, cudgel, bludgeon, truncheon, cane. 2.Informal. stroke, bang, hit, smack, rap, knock, buffet, blow, cuff, Inf. wallop, slam, swat, slap, whack, thwack, Inf. sock, Inf. whop, Inf. lick, Sl.… …
30blink — v 1. wink, nictitate, nictate; flutter, flicker. 2. squint, screw up the eyes, see with half an eye, look askance; glimpse, spot, espy, descry, spy, perceive, glance at. 3. wince, flinch, start, shrink, recoil, blench; quiver, shudder, quake,… …
