'Flicker' definitions:
Definition of 'flicker'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Flicker'
From: GCIDE
- Flicker \Flick"er\ (fl[i^]k"[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flickered (fl[i^]k"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flickering.] [OE. flikeren, flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D. flikkeren to sparkle. [root]84. Cf. Flacker.]
- 1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying. [1913 Webster]
- And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light. [1913 Webster]
- The shadows flicker to fro. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flicker'
From: GCIDE
- Flicker \Flick"er\, n.
- 1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca. [1913 Webster]
- The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. --Thoureau. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flicker'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 3-D,
- animated cartoon,
- backfire,
- bake,
- balefire,
- be in heat,
- beacon,
- beacon fire,
- beat,
- beating,
- bicker,
- black-and-white film,
- blaze,
- blink,
- bloom,
- boil,
- bonfire,
- broil,
- burn,
- burning ghat,
- campfire,
- cartoon,
- cheerful fire,
- chiller,
- choke,
- cinema,
- Cinemascope,
- Cinerama,
- color film,
- combust,
- combustion,
- conflagration,
- cook,
- corposant,
- coruscate,
- cozy fire,
- crackling fire,
- creepie,
- crematory,
- dance,
- dancing,
- death fire,
- dint,
- documentary,
- documentary film,
- educational film,
- feature,
- fen fire,
- film,
- fire,
- flame,
- flame up,
- flap,
- flare,
- flare up,
- flash,
- flashing point,
- flick,
- flickering,
- flickering flame,
- flickering light,
- flip,
- flit,
- flitter,
- flop,
- fluctuate,
- flush,
- flutter,
- fluttering,
- forest fire,
- fox fire,
- fry,
- funeral pyre,
- gasp,
- glance,
- glancing light,
- glare,
- gleam,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- glint,
- glitter,
- glow,
- go pitapat,
- gutter,
- hint,
- horror picture,
- horse opera,
- hover,
- ignis fatuus,
- ignition,
- incandesce,
- ingle,
- lambency,
- lambent flame,
- light show,
- marshfire,
- motion picture,
- motion-picture show,
- movie,
- moving picture,
- newsreel,
- nudie,
- open fire,
- oscillate,
- palpitate,
- palpitation,
- pant,
- parch,
- photodrama,
- photoplay,
- picture,
- picture show,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- play,
- play of light,
- pornographic film,
- prairie fire,
- preview,
- pulse,
- pyre,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- quivering,
- radiate heat,
- raging fire,
- roast,
- scald,
- scintilla,
- scorch,
- sea of flames,
- seethe,
- shake,
- sheet of fire,
- shimmer,
- shimmer with heat,
- short,
- signal beacon,
- silent,
- silent film,
- simmer,
- skin flick,
- slat,
- smolder,
- smother,
- smudge fire,
- sneak preview,
- spaghetti Western,
- spark,
- sparkle,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- steam,
- stew,
- stifle,
- suffocate,
- suggestion,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- swing,
- talkie,
- talking picture,
- Technicolor,
- three-alarm fire,
- thriller,
- throb,
- toast,
- trace,
- trailer,
- tremble,
- twinkle,
- twinkling,
- twitter,
- two-alarm fire,
- underground film,
- vestige,
- vibrate,
- watch fire,
- wave,
- waver,
- Western,
- wildfire,
- witch fire