nictitate nictitant • nictitating membrane · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · nictitate · · Text Latin · · Script 9 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (verb) briefly shut the eyes. Synonyms: blink, wink, nictate. Example: "The tv announcer never seems to blink." · · Verb Definition 1 Synonyms · · · blink · · Synonym 1 wink · · Synonym 2 nictate · · Synonym 3 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E t latin small letter t U+0074