(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If a light or flame ~s, it shines unsteadily.
A television ~ed in the corner.
VERB: V
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Flicker is also a noun.
Looking through the cabin window I saw the ~ of flames.
N-COUNT
2.
If you experience a ~ of emotion, you feel that emotion only for a very short time, and not very strongly.
He felt a ~ of regret...
He looked at me, a ~ of amusement in his cold eyes.
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n
3.
If something ~s, it makes very slight, quick movements.
In a moment her eyelids ~ed, then opened...
A few moments later Mrs Tenney’s eyelids ~ed open.
VERB: V, V adj