flikker

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch flikkeren. === Pronunciation === === Verb === flikker (present flikker, present participle flikkerende, past participle geflikker) to flash, to flicker == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflɪ.kər/ Hyphenation: flik‧ker Rhymes: -ɪkər === Etymology 1 === Possibly related to flikken (“to do, pull off”), flikkeren (“to flicker”), or frik (“narrow-minded schoolteacher”). ==== Noun ==== flikker m (plural flikkers, diminutive flikkertje n) a mender, fixer, someone who mends or fixes Synonyms: fikser, reparateur a jump while clicking the heels a human body, especially when in the nude Synonym: lijf (Netherlands) a whit or jot Synonyms: moer, zier (vulgar, offensive, derogatory) a homosexual male; a queer, faggot Synonyms: homo, janet, mietje, zemmel ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== flikker inflection of flikkeren: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Further reading === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “flikker1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute