See blink in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
blink nictitate twinkle wink
These verbs mean to open and close the eyelids or an eyelid rapidly: a dog blinking lazily at the fire; reptiles nictitating; twinkled, then laughed and responded; winked conspiratorially at his friend.
See blink in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To open and close the eyes rapidly:
bat1, nictate, nictitate, twinkle, wink. See repetition, seeTo shine with intermittent gleams:
flash, flicker, glimmer, twinkle, wink. See continue, lightTo pretend not to see.
Also used with at: connive at, disregard, ignore, pass over, wink at. Idioms: be blind to, close (or shut) one's eyes to, look the other way, turn a blind eye to. See see
noun
A brief closing of the eyes:
nictation, nictitation, wink. See seeA sudden quick light:
coruscation, flash, flicker, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, spark1, twinkle, wink. See light
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