The difference between Blink and Nictitate
When used as verbs, blink means to close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes, whereas nictitate means to wink or blink.
Blink is also noun with the meaning: the act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blink and Nictitate
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Blink as a verb (intransitive):
To close and reopen both eyes quickly. To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye. To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes. To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
Examples:
"The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first."
"She blinked her tears away."
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Blink as a verb:
To flash on and off at regular intervals. To flash headlights on a car at. To send a signal with a lighting device.
Examples:
"The blinking text on the screen was distracting."
"An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them."
"Don't come to the door until I blink twice."
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Blink as a verb (hyperbole):
To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
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Blink as a verb (transitive):
To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.
Examples:
"to blink the question"
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Blink as a verb (Scotland):
To trick; to deceive.
Examples:
"rfquotek Jamieson"
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Blink as a verb:
To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
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Blink as a verb (scifi, video games):
To teleport, mostly for short distances.
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Blink as a noun:
The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
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Blink as a noun (figuratively):
The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
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Blink as a noun (computing):
A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
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Blink as a noun:
A glimpse or glance.
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Blink as a noun (UK, dialect):
gleam; glimmer; sparkle
Examples:
"rfquotek Sir Walter Scott"
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Blink as a noun (nautical):
The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink
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Blink as a noun (sports, in the plural):
Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
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Blink as a noun (video games):
An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances
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Nictitate as a verb (transitive):
to wink or blink