Qarats קָרַץ

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Qarats (Hebrew קָרַץ, Strong's H7169) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to wink”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to narrow, form, nip, pinch, squeeze, wink, purse
1a) (Qal) to pinch
1b) (Pual) to be nipped or pinched off, be formed

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	winketh (2), formed (1), wink (1), moving (1)
BSB	formed (1), wink in malice (1), winking (1), he who winks (1), he who purses (1)

Every verse with Qarats, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job 33:6
Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.

Psalm 35:19
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.

Proverbs 6:13
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
Proverbs 10:10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
Proverbs 16:30
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).