FLICKER


Meaning of FLICKER in English

I. ˈfli-kər verb

( flick·ered ; flick·er·ing -k(ə-)riŋ)

Etymology: Middle English flikeren, from Old English flicorian

Date: before 12th century

intransitive verb

1. : to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter

2. : to burn or shine fitfully or with a fluctuating light

a candle flicker ing in the window

3. : to appear briefly

transitive verb

1. : to cause to flicker

2. : to produce by flickering

• flick·er·ing·ly -k(ə-)riŋ-lē adverb

II. noun

Date: 1822

1.

a. : an act of flickering

b. : a sudden brief movement

c. : a momentary quickening

a flicker of anger

d. : a slight indication : hint

a flicker of recognition

2.

a. : a wavering light

b. : a repeated momentary defect in a cathode-ray tube image caused especially by slow scanning of the screen

3. : movie — often used in plural

• flick·ery ˈfli-k(ə-)rē adjective

III. noun

Etymology: probably imitative of its call

Date: 1809

: a large barred and spotted North American woodpecker ( Colaptes auratus ) with a brown back that commonly forages on the ground for ants — compare red-shafted flicker , yellow-shafted flicker

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.