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- verb Present participle of
flicker . - noun A short, uncertain burst.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective shining unsteadily
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Examples
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The guitar flickering is interesting – maybe make one of them a semi-acoustic so they show different personalities?.
Seven Seven Eighty Two (finished) « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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Then you pan to the motel sign and it says (in flickering neon) "No DirecTV".
Stay Classy: DirecTV’s Poltergeist Commerical with Dead Heather O’Rourke | /Film 2008
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Ads for senso-cocktails followed picotech news summaries in flickering chartreuse Mandarin characters down his sleeves.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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Tonight, though, our middleaged faces glowed in flickering candlelight and the cold reflection of new blue snow.
The snow falling faintly M-mv 2005
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He stopped, the word flickering back and forth between Harpist in the Wind 135 two meanings in his mind.
Harpist in the Wind McKillip, Patricia A. 1979
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Marten Scheffer of Wageningen University, the Netherlands, argues that increasingly unpredictable and extreme weather - which modellers call "flickering" - could suggest a big change is imminent.
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· updated internal browser to fix title flickering and slow loading of sites with iframes
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The screen feels weird to look at right now, and I’m not sure if the flickering is because of the monitor or my eyes.
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The screen feels weird to look at right now, and I’m not sure if the flickering is because of the monitor or my eyes.
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By the way, as I stepped outside the theater at intermission, an usher in flickering red devil horns (like those worn by the cast in one of the many finales; and yes, they’re for sale) asked, “Smoking or fresh air?”
London Theater Journal: Take That, a New Twist on Jukebox Musicals - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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