All nictate synonyms
nic·ti·tate
N n verb nictate
- blink — When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again.
- bat — A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
- flash — a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
- flicker — to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light: The candle flickered in the wind and went out.
- flutter — to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
- glimmer — a faint or unsteady light; gleam.
- glitter — to reflect light with a brilliant, sparkling luster; sparkle with reflected light.
- nictitate — to wink.
- scintillate — to emit sparks.
- shimmer — to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
- sparkle — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
- squint — to look with the eyes partly closed.
- twinkle — to shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a star or distant light.
- wink — to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
noun nictate
- squinch — a small arch, corbeling, or the like, built across the interior angle between two walls, as in a square tower for supporting the side of a superimposed octagonal spire.