Flicker

/ˈflɪkə/ · noun

Meaning

An unsteady flash of light..

Definitions by Sense

1. An unsteady flash of light.
2. (figurative) A short moment.
3. (intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
4. (intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
5. (ambitransitive) To flutter or flap.
6. (US) Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes.
7. One who flicks.
8. (colloquial) Ellipsis of channel flicker (“remote control”).

Example Sentences

the flicker of the dying candle

the flicker of an old movie

a flicker of emotion

a flicker of hope

a flicker of recognition passed through my mind.

It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.

The shadows flicker to and fro.

Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, […]

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• flickers
• flickering
• flickered

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