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noun

Flicker n.

The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.

(Zool.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca. "The cackle of the flicker among the oaks."

verb

Flicker v. i. (past & past part. flickered; pres. part. flickering)

To flutter; to flap the wings without flying. "And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing."

To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light. "The shadows flicker to fro."

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Etymology of 'Flicker'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... without a word or a movement; only, every now and then, her long, dark lashes, tipped with gold, would flicker for a moment and then droop discreetly on her cool, fresh cheeks. But the thought of her own frailty suggested an objection; and ...

— The Choice of Life • Georgette Leblanc

... unreal in itself, served to make all things dim and unreal. He did not know whether he was asleep or awake, so strange was life, so vivid were his dreams. Mummie, Uncle John, the baby, Toby himself came with a flicker of the veil and disappeared vaguely without cause. It would happen that Toby would be speaking to Uncle John, and suddenly he would find himself looking into the large eyes of the baby, turned stupidly towards the ceiling, and again ...

— The Ghost Ship • Richard Middleton

... seemed to break from the ground at their feet, and in the flicker of an eyelash a shadow lifted up out of the scrub-encumbered level. Sophia cried aloud with alarm; Labertouche swore outright, heedless; and Amber put himself before her, drawing his revolver, heartsick with ...

— The Bronze Bell • Louis Joseph Vance

... with a faint flicker of venom, "I didn't, to tell you the truth. That's why I told you I was talking business; but you ...

— Rimrock Jones • Dane Coolidge

... suddenly away from Marina lest she should trace the faintest flicker of a doubt within them, as the vision rose before him of that imperious body, so relentless in its decrees, so tenacious in its traditions, so positive in its autocracy; but the threatened invincibility of this force ...

— A Golden Book of Venice • Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull

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