FLICKER

vi to flutter; to flap the wings without flying.

2. flicker ·vi to waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light.

3. flicker ·noun the act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.

4. flicker ·noun the golden-winged woodpecker (colaptes aurutus);

— so called from its spring note. called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca.