FLICKER


Meaning of FLICKER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ flɪkə(r) ]

( flickers, flickering, flickered)

1.

If a light or flame flickers , it shines unsteadily.

A television flickered in the corner.

VERB : V

Flicker is also a noun.

Looking through the cabin window I saw the flicker of flames.

N-COUNT

2.

If you experience a flicker of emotion, you feel that emotion only for a very short time, and not very strongly.

He felt a flicker of regret...

He looked at me, a flicker of amusement in his cold eyes.

N-COUNT : usu sing , oft N of n

3.

If something flickers , it makes very slight, quick movements.

In a moment her eyelids flickered, then opened...

A few moments later Mrs Tenney’s eyelids flickered open.

VERB : V , V adj

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