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Flicker

Flicker Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Flicker? [n] the act of moving back and forth [n] North American woodpecker [n] a momentary flash of light [v] move back and forth very rapidly, as of a candle [v] flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off" [v] shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Flicker: flick \| flick \| flitter \| flutter \| flutter \| glint \| quiver \| spark \| waver \| waver Related Terms \| Find terms related to Flicker: 3-D \| animated cartoon \| backfire \| bake \| balefire \| be in heat \| beacon \| beacon fire \| beat \| beating \| bicker \| black-and-white film \| blaze \| blink \| bloom \| boil \| bonfire \| broil \| burn \| burning ghat \| campfire \| cartoon \| cheerful fire \| chiller \| choke \| cinema \| Cinemascope \| Cinerama \| color film \| combust \| combustion \| conflagration \| cook \| corposant \| coruscate \| cozy fire \| crackling fire \| creepie \| crematory \| dance \| dancing \| death fire \| dint \| documentary \| documentary film \| educational film \| feature \| fen fire \| film \| fire \| flame \| flame up \| flap \| flare \| flare up \| flash \| flashing point \| flick \| flickering \| flickering flame \| flickering light \| flip \| flit \| flitter \| flop \| fluctuate \| flush \| flutter \| fluttering \| forest fire \| fox fire \| fry \| funeral pyre \| gasp \| glance \| glancing light \| glare \| gleam \| glimmer \| glimmering \| glint \| glitter \| glow \| go pitapat \| gutter \| hint \| horror picture \| horse opera \| hover \| ignis fatuus \| ignition \| incandesce \| ingle \| lambency \| lambent flame \| light show \| marshfire \| motion picture \| motion-picture show \| movie \| moving picture \| newsreel \| nudie \| open fire \| oscillate \| palpitate \| palpitation \| pant \| parch \| photodrama \| photoplay \| picture \| picture show \| pitapat \| pitter-patter \| play \| play of light \| pornographic film \| prairie fire \| preview \| pulse \| pyre \| quaver \| quiver \| quivering \| radiate heat \| raging fire \| roast \| scald \| scintilla \| scorch \| sea of flames \| seethe \| shake \| sheet of fire \| shimmer \| shimmer with heat \| short \| signal beacon \| silent \| silent film \| simmer \| skin flick \| slat \| smolder \| smother \| smudge fire \| sneak preview \| spaghetti Western \| spark \| sparkle \| splutter \| sputter \| steam \| stew \| stifle \| suffocate \| suggestion \| sweat \| swelter \| swing \| talkie \| talking picture \| Technicolor \| three-alarm fire \| thriller \| throb \| toast \| trace \| trailer \| tremble \| twinkle \| twinkling \| twitter \| two-alarm fire \| underground film \| vestige \| vibrate \| watch fire \| wave \| waver \| Western \| wildfire \| witch fire See Also \| beam \| blink \| Colaptes \| Colaptes auratus \| Colaptes caper collaris \| Colaptes chrysoides \| flash \| flash \| genus Colaptes \| gilded flicker \| motility \| motion \| move \| move back and forth \| movement \| pecker \| peckerwood \| red-shafted flicker \| shine \| twinkle \| wink \| winkle \| woodpecker \| yellowhammer \| yellow-shafted flicker Flicker In Webster's Dictionary \Flick"er\ (-[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flickered} (-[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flickering}.] [OE. flikeren, flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D. flikkeren to sparkle. [root]84. Cf. Flacker.] 1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying. And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. --Dryden. 2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light. The shadows flicker to fro. --Tennyson. \Flick"er\, n. 1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The golden-winged woodpecker ({Colaptes aurutus}); -- so called from its spring note. Called also {yellow-hammer}, {high-holder}, {pigeon woodpecker}, and {yucca}. The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. --Thoureau.

Flicker Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flicker?

[n] the act of moving back and forth
[n] North American woodpecker
[n] a momentary flash of light
[v] move back and forth very rapidly, as of a candle
[v] flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off"
[v] shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered"

Flicker In Webster's Dictionary

\Flick"er\ (-[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flickered}
(-[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flickering}.] [OE. flikeren,
flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D.
flikkeren to sparkle. [root]84. Cf. Flacker.]
1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.

         And flickering on her nest made short essays to
         sing.                                 --Dryden.

2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or
   when about to expire; as, the flickering light.

         The shadows flicker to fro.           --Tennyson.


\Flick"er\, n.
1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden
   and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of
   the dying flame.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The golden-winged woodpecker ({Colaptes
   aurutus}); -- so called from its spring note. Called also
   {yellow-hammer}, {high-holder}, {pigeon woodpecker}, and
   {yucca}.

         The cackle of the flicker among the oaks.
                                               --Thoureau.

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