Home › Words › N › nictitationnictitation/nɪktɪˈteɪʃən/nictitation · noun — winking, blinking.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).nictitation is pronounced /nɪktɪˈteɪʃən/.EtymologyFrom nictitate.nounWinking, blinkinge.g.“I saw a couple, later identified for me as Mr Colt, a local lawyer, and his wife, whose blundering Cadillac half entered my driveway before retreating in a flurry of luminous nictitation.” — 1962, Vlamidir Nabokov, Pale Fire:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.nictitating 94% match — winking, blinking vs nictitation →nictitate 90% match — to wink or blink vs nictitation →nictation 89% match — An act or instance of winking or blinking; a wink, a blink. vs nictitation →nictate 83% match — To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane. vs nictitation →palpebration 73% match — winking of the eye vs nictitation →winking 71% match — The act of someone who winks. vs nictitation →awink 68% match — Winking. vs nictitation →connictation 68% match — The act of winking. vs nictitation →