קָרַץ (qāraṣ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning nip. It appears
5 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7169).
Also rendered
to wink
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2075)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2075)nip, pinch; let them, pinch the eye; bite the lips, blink the eyes, squeeze off; form, move, wink
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
קָרַץverb: nip, pinch
Qali.e. wink maliciously
Strong's H7169קָרַץ: to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a vessel from it) KJV:form, move, wink.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.