Indignantly interrogated as to whether he himself believed or exercised this abhominable and perabsurd superstition, he very gravely nictated his dexter eyelid. And I nictated mine. And we both laughed.
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Nictate
//nɪkˈteɪt//
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Bulgarian
1 entries- мигам verb (to wink or blink)
Finnish
3 entries- (momentane) räpäyttää verb (to wink or blink)
- räpytellä verb (to wink or blink)
- räpyttää verb (to wink or blink)
Russian
2 entries- мига́ть verb (to wink or blink)
- морга́ть verb (to wink or blink)
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Gently I pressed my quivering sting along her rolling salty eyeball. ‘Goody-goody,’ she said nictating.
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In the absence of stimulation, C. elegans dauers are lethargic and generally immobile but nictate vigorously when disturbed.
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