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flicker

Pronunciation: /ˈflɪkə/

The English word “flicker” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An unsteady flash of light.
  2. A short moment.
  3. Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes.
  4. One who flicks.

verb

  1. To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
  2. To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
  3. To flutter or flap.

Etymology

From Middle English flikeren (“to flutter”), from Old English flicerian, flicorian (“to flutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *flikurōn. Akin to Saterland Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), West Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), Dutch flikkeren (“to flicker, flutter”), German Low German flickern (“to light up, flash, flicker”). Compare Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”), German flackern…

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