flicker

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

flickers

1.
(countable, uncountable)An unsteady flash of light.
the flicker of the dying candle
the flicker of an old movie
2.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) A short moment.
a flicker of emotion
a flicker of hope
a flicker of recognition passed through my mind.
3.
(US)Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes.
4.
One who flicks.
5.
(abbreviation, alt of, colloquial, ellipsis)Ellipsis of channel flicker (“remote control”).

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verb

V_es/s

flickers

V_ing/Gerund

flickering

V_ed/pp

flickered

1.
(intransitive)To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
2.
(intransitive)To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
A strong desire to smash up everything in the room kept flickering in his head.
1967, Barry Mason (writer), Tom Jones (performer), Delilah I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window / I saw the flickering shadow of love on her blind
3.
(ambitransitive)To flutter or flap.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English flikeren (to flutter), from Old English flicerian, flicorian (to flutter), from *flikurōn.