Definitions for flicker

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flicker flick·er

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IPA: /ˈflɪk ər/

Flicker is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 148 anagrams from letters in flicker (cefiklr).

Definitions for flicker

noun

1. an unsteady flame or light.
2. a flickering movement.
3. a brief occurrence or appearance:
4. Often, flickers. Slang. flick2 .
5. Ophthalmology. the visual sensation of flickering that occurs when the interval between intermittent flashes of light is too long to permit fusion.
6. any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Colaptes, having the underside of the wings and tail brightly marked with yellow or red and noted for taking insects from the ground as well as trees.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to flicker.

verb (used without object)

1. to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light:
2. to move to and fro; vibrate; quiver:
3. to flutter.

Origin of flicker

before 1000; Middle English flikeren (v.) Old English flicorian to flutter; cognate with Dutch flikkeren

Examples for flicker

Andrew peered into the grim face of the older man; there was not a flicker of a smile in it.

"I just know he'll choose Bill," crowed the Countess after the flicker of the doctor's skirts.

A pivotal moment comes when Amir admits he felt more than a flicker of pride when fanatics attacked the Twin Towers.

In her numbed brain was no flicker of thought as to whatever might come to her afterward.

To her, the blaze of the Set's smartness was but the flicker of a penny dip.

I was beginning to perspire; for the first time, I felt a flicker of anxiety.

Sunday saw a feast of NBA action with the Chicago Bulls toppling the Heat and a flicker of Linsanity down in Houston.

And suddenly, he was a stranger, a man who looked at me blankly from his hospital bed, no flicker of recognition.

The flicker of candles and flashlights could be seen through some apartment windows.

She saw the flicker of the match across the street, and knew what it meant.