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51wink — v 1. nictitate, blink. 2. twinkle, shine, sparkle, glitter, glimmer, glint, glisten, Archaic. glister; scintillate, coruscate, gleam, flash, fulgurate. 3. wink at ignore, overlook, shut one s eyes to, disregard, pretend not to notice, tolerate,… …
52blink — [v1] wink of eye; twinkle bat, flash, flicker, flutter, glimmer, glitter, nictate, nictitate, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, squint; concepts 185,624 blink [v2] ignore bypass, condone, connive, cushion, discount, disregard, fail, forget, neglect …
53wink — [n1/v] flutter, flick bat, blink, flash, gleam, glimmer, glitter, nictate, nictitate, sparkle, squinch, squint, twinkle; concepts 185,624 wink [n2] moment flash*, instant, jiffy*, minute, second, shake*, split second*, twinkle*, twinkling*;… …
54nictate — v.i. nictitate. ♦ nictation, n …
55nictate — [nik′tāt΄] vi. nictated, nictating NICTITATE nictation n …
56act involuntarily — verb act in an uncontrolled manner • Syn: ↑act reflexively • Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑behave, ↑do • Hyponyms: ↑sneeze, ↑blink, ↑ …
57act reflexively — verb act in an uncontrolled manner • Syn: ↑act involuntarily • Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑behave, ↑do • Hyponyms: ↑sneeze, ↑blink, ↑ …
58eye blink — noun a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly • Syn: ↑blink, ↑blinking, ↑wink, ↑winking, ↑nictitation, ↑nictation • Derivationally related forms: ↑nictate ( …
59nictation — noun a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly • Syn: ↑blink, ↑eye blink, ↑blinking, ↑wink, ↑winking, ↑nictitation • Derivationally related forms: ↑nictate, ↑nictitate …
60nictitation — noun a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly • Syn: ↑blink, ↑eye blink, ↑blinking, ↑wink, ↑winking, ↑nictation • Derivationally related forms: ↑nictate (f …
