Usually means: Blinking or winking of eyelids.
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  1. nictation: Merriam-Webster
  2. nictation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nictation: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. nictation: Wiktionary
  7. Nictation, nictation: Dictionary.com
  8. Nictation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. nictation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. nictation: Rhymezone
  11. Nictation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. nictation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. nictation: FreeDictionary.org
  14. nictation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. nictation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nictation: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  An act or instance of winking or blinking; a wink, a blink.

Similar:
nictitation, wink, connictation, blinking, eyewink, winkfest, twinkling, eyeblink, wink-a-peep, palpebration, more...

Opposite:
open-eyed, unblinking, staring

Types:
wink, blink, flutter, more...

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Similar:
nictitation, wink, connictation, blinking, eyewink, winkfest, twinkling, eyeblink, wink-a-peep, palpebration, more...

Opposite:
open-eyed, unblinking, staring

Types:
wink, blink, flutter, more...



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