flicker

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈflɪkə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈflɪkɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) Homophone: Flickr === Etymology 1 === From Middle English flikeren (“to flutter”), from Old English flicerian, flicorian (“to flutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *flikurōn. Akin to Saterland Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), West Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), Dutch flikkeren (“to flicker, flutter”), German Low German flickern (“to light up, flash, flicker”). Compare Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”), German flackern (“to flicker, flutter”), Old English flēogan (“to fly”). ==== Noun ==== flicker (countable and uncountable, plural flickers) An unsteady flash of light. (figurative) A short moment. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== flicker (third-person singular simple present flickers, present participle flickering, simple past and past participle flickered) (intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light. (intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter. 1967, Barry Mason (writer), Tom Jones (performer), Delilah I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window / I saw the flickering shadow of love on her blind (ambitransitive) To flutter or flap. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 1808, American English, probably echoic of the bird's call, or from the white spotted plumage which appears to flicker. It is also true that the bird vigorously flicks away treebark, woodchips, and ground detritus while feeding, which may possibly explain the name. ==== Noun ==== flicker (plural flickers) (US) Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes. Hypernyms: woodpecker < bird < animal < creature Hyponyms: red-shafted flicker, yellow-shafted flicker < northern flicker ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== flicker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 3 === From flick +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== flicker (plural flickers) One who flicks. (colloquial) Ellipsis of channel flicker (“remote control”). ===== Derived terms ===== === References === === Anagrams === fickler, frickle