Flicker

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To move waveringly; flutter: shadows flickering on the wall.
  • verb-intransitive. To burn unsteadily or fitfully.
  • v. To cause to move waveringly.
  • n. A brief movement; a tremor.
  • n. An inconstant or wavering light.
  • n. A brief or slight sensation: a flicker of doubt.
  • n. Slang A movie.
  • n. Any of various large North American woodpeckers of the genus Colaptes, especially C. auratus, the common flicker, having a brown back, spotted breast, and white rump.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An unsteady flash of light.
  • n. A short moment.
  • v. To burn or shine unsteadily. To burn or shine with a wavering light.
  • v. To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
  • n. A certain type of small woodpecker, especially of the genus Colaptes
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
  • verb-intransitive. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire.
  • n. The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness.
  • n. The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To flutter, as a bird; vibrate the wings rapidly.
  • To fluctuate or waver, as the light of a torch in the wind; undergo rapid and irregular changes.
  • To scintillate; sparkle.
  • To act lovingly; bestow caresses.
  • Synonyms Glimmer, Gleam, etc. See glare, intransitive verb
  • Wavering; unsteady.
  • n. The act of flickering or fluttering; a wavering or fluctuating gleam, as of a candle; a flutter.
  • n. The popular name of the golden-winged woodpecker, Colaptes auratus, a very common and handsome woodpecker of the United States, and of other species of the same genus, as the Mexican or red-shafted flicker, C. mexicanus, or the gilded flicker, C. chrysoides.
  • n. Specifically, in psychology, an unstable visual perception, occasioned by the intermittence or intensive fluctuation of stimuli.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. North American woodpecker
  • v. flash intermittently
  • v. move back and forth very rapidly
  • n. the act of moving back and forth
  • n. a momentary flash of light
  • v. shine unsteadily
  • Verb Form
    flickered    flickering    flickers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    flash    winkle    blink    wink    twinkle    move back and forth    motility    movement    motion    move   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    Form
    flickered    flickering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flutter    fluctuation    flame    waver    wavering    glimmer    blink   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bicker    bricker    clicker    dicker    kicker    knicker    licker    liquor    picker    quicker   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    glimmer    twinge    spark    flare    tinge    tremor    flash    flutter    ripple    surge