Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wavering; unsteady.
- noun The act of flickering or fluttering; a wavering or fluctuating gleam, as of a candle; a flutter.
- noun Specifically, in psychology, an unstable visual perception, occasioned by the intermittence or intensive fluctuation of stimuli.
- noun 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.
- 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
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
- intransitive verb To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire.
- noun The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness.
- noun (Zoöl.) The golden-winged woodpecker (
Colaptes aurutus ); -- so called from its spring note. Called alsoyellow-hammer ,high-holder ,pigeon woodpecker , andyucca .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A certain type of small
woodpecker , especially of the genusColaptes - noun An unsteady
flash of light. - noun A short
moment . - verb intransitive To burn or shine unsteadily. To burn or shine with a wavering light.
- verb intransitive To keep going on and off; to
appear anddisappear for short moments; toflutter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun North American woodpecker
- verb flash intermittently
- verb move back and forth very rapidly
- noun the act of moving back and forth
- noun a momentary flash of light
- verb shine unsteadily
Etymologies
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Examples
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As the sun set that evening, I sat back into the arms of the substantial, saturated air, and watched the fireflies flicker from the comforts of a lawn chair.
Chasing Fireflies Candid Engineer 2008
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As the sun set that evening, I sat back into the arms of the substantial, saturated air, and watched the fireflies flicker from the comforts of a lawn chair.
Archive 2008-07-01 Candid Engineer 2008
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That 60hz flicker is killer on my parafoveal vision.
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Albiet, I have seen flicker from the early stages and at one time it was a darling .. but not any more.
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She could feel his eyes stroking over her, and when she caught a glimpse of them, it was to see his expression flicker with a subtle sensuality.
Wicked Pleasures Leigh, Lora 2008
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The concern here is specifically something known as flicker rate.
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Again, no scientific evidence to suggest that for sure but the specific concern is what is known as a flicker rate.
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The flicker was the first sign of a change or disturbance in the Spin membrane — first, that is, unless you count the event that followed the Chinese missile attack on the polar artifacts, back in the earliest years of the Spin.
Spin 2005
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Something called the flicker phenomena where sunlight flashing very brilliantly on water or on leaves or grass or glass all of which is our back yard can cause an electrical discharge in the brain which can be sufficient to trigger a seizure.
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Cochrane saw Jones 'expression flicker sarcastically just once during
Operation: Outer Space Murray Leinster 1935
sonofgroucho commented on the word flicker
Or, even better, flickr.
May 7, 2007
uselessness commented on the word flicker
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May 7, 2007