nictate

1. (intransitive) To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane.Examples: "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."; "Gently I pressed my quivering sting along her rolling salty eyeball. ‘Goody-goody,’ she said nictating."; "In the absence of stimulation, C. elegans dauers are lethargic and generally immobile but nictate vigorously when disturbed."intransitive