English Explanatory Dictionary

flicker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unsteady flash of light.
  2. A short moment.
verb
  1. To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
  2. To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
  3. To flutter or flap.
noun
  1. Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes.
noun
  1. One who flicks.
  2. Ellipsis of channel flicker (“remote control”).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈflɪkə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flicker.wav /ˈflɪkɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-flicker.wav

Word forms

flicker flickers flickering flickered

Etymology

From Middle English flikeren (“to flutter”), from Old English flicerian, flicorian (“to flutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *flikurōn. Akin to Saterland Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), West Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), Dutch flikkeren (“to flicker, flutter”), German Low German flickern (“to light up, flash, flicker”). Compare Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”), German flackern (“to flicker, flutter”), Old English flēogan (“to fly”).

Derived words

flicker fixer flickerless flicker noise flicker show flicker wheel flimmer flickersome flickery aflicker flickerer flicker goon flickertail upflicker Andean flicker Bermuda flicker Campo flicker Caribbean flicker Chilean flicker Fernandina's flicker gilded flicker Guatemalan flicker Pampas flicker northern flicker red-shafted flicker yellow-shafted flicker bean flicker channel flicker flea flicker
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