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flick·er
I. \ˈflikə(r)\ verb
(flickered ; flickered ; flickering \-k(ə)riŋ\ ; flickers)
Etymology: Middle English flikeren, from Old English flicorian; akin to Old English flacor flying, Middle High German vlackern to flicker, Old Norse flökra to flutter, flakka to flicker, flutter, Latin plangere to strike — more at plaint
intransitive verb
1. : to flap the wings without flying : flutter
< and flickering on her nest made short essays to sing — John Dryden >
2. obsolete : to make caressing motions or advances
3.
a. : to waver unsteadily : wave or undulate like a flame in a current of air
< the embers flickered into flame >
sometimes : to give a final flicker (as of light while expiring)
< shadows flicker on the wall >
— often used with out
< the light flickered out >
b. of a fire or flame : to burn fitfully
c. : to engage in brief and often surreptitious glances
< her glance flickered at him >
often : to make an examination in brief glances
< the teacher's eyes flickered doubtfully over the rapt pupils >
transitive verb
1. : to cause to flicker
2.
a. : to produce by flickering
< fitful flames flickering dark horrors on the wall >
b. : to make apparent or convey by some slight gesture
< flickered a warning with a lifted brow >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
a. : an act of flickering
< the flicker of shadow on the wall >
b. : a sudden brief movement or gesture
< a flicker of an eyelash >
c. : a momentary quickening (as of interest or emotion)
< felt a flicker of renewed desire >
d. : a tailspin of an iceboat traveling at high speed
2. : a product of flickering: as
a. : a brief interval of brightness
< the final flicker of a dying fire >
b. : an uncertain wavering or intermittent light
< the uncertain flicker of a tallow dip >
c. : the wavering or fluttering visual sensation produced by intermittent light when the rate of intermittence is not rapid enough to produce complete fusion of the individual impressions — contrasted with fusion; see critical flicker frequency
d. slang : motion picture — usually used in plural
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably from flick (IV) + -er
: yellow-shafted flicker; broadly : any of various large No. American woodpeckers (genus Colaptes) widely distributed in the southern and western United States and often more or less brightly marked with red or reddish color especially about the nape and usually speckled underparts — usually used in combination; see gilded flicker, red-shafted flicker |