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Definition flicker
Etymology 1
From Middle English flikeren (“to flutter”), from Old English flicerian, flicorian (“to flutter”). 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 (“to flicker, flutter”), Old English fl?o?an (“to fly”).
Noun
flicker (countable and uncountable, plural flickers)
Verb
flicker (third-person singular simple present flickers, present participle flickering, simple past and past participle flickered)
- (intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
- (intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
- To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
Etymology 2
1808, American English, probably echoic of the bird's call, or from the white spotted plumage which appears to flicker.
Noun
flicker (plural flickers)
- (US) Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes.
Etymology 3
flick + -er
Noun
flicker (plural flickers)
- One who flicks.
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