FLICKER


Meaning of FLICKER in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If a light or flame ~s, it shines unsteadily.

A television ~ed in the corner.

VERB: V

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

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