flickerverb
uk/ˈflɪk.ər/us/ˈflɪk.ɚ/[ I ] to shine with a light that is sometimes bright and sometimes weak:
I felt a cold draft and the candle started to flicker.
[ I or T ] to appear for a short time or to make a sudden movement:
A smile flickered across her face.
He'd been in a coma for weeks, when all of a sudden he flickered an eyelid.
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Giving out light
- alight
- blink
- brighten
- burn
- burnish
- cast
- catch
- dazzle
- gild
- glance
- glitter
- glow
- illuminate
- light
- redshift
- reflected ray
- shimmer
- sparkly
- strobe
- UV
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Making short, sudden movements
flickering
adjective uk/ˈflɪk.ər.ɪŋ/us/ˈflɪk.ɚ.ɪŋ/
a flickering candle/fire
a flickering hope
flickernoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈflɪk.ər/us/ˈflɪk.ɚ/flicker noun [ C usually singular ] (LIGHT)
a situation in which a light is sometimes bright and sometimes weak:
the soft flicker of candlelight
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Giving out light
- alight
- blink
- brighten
- burn
- burnish
- cast
- catch
- dazzle
- gild
- glance
- glitter
- glow
- illuminate
- light
- redshift
- reflected ray
- shimmer
- sparkly
- strobe
- UV
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flicker noun [ C usually singular ] (FEELING)
a feeling or expression of an emotion or quality that does not last very long:
There was a flicker of hope in his eyes.
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Showing and demonstrating
- act
- act sth out
- attest
- barometer
- bespeak
- bring
- bring sth forward
- disclose
- manifestation
- produce
- prove
- put up sth
- radiate
- revealing
- says something about sb/sth idiom
- signify
- strike
- suggest
- token
- wear
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