flicker

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He opened the slats of the blind, and the flicker was aflame.

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  1. intransitive verb To move waveringly; flutter: shadows flickering on the wall.
  2. intransitive verb To burn unsteadily or fitfully.
  3. transitive verb To cause to move waveringly.
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glimmer ·  twinge ·  spark ·  flare ·  tinge ·  tremor ·  flash ·  flutter ·  ripple ·  surge ·  hint ·  quiver

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flicker:   flickered ·  flickering
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  1. Middle English flikeren, to flutter, from Old English flicerian.
  2. Perhaps from flick1.

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  1. Early modern English also flycker; variant flecker; Middle English flikeren, flekeren, from Anglo-Saxon flicerian, flicorian, flutter (of birds); cf. Dutch flikkeren, sparkle, glitter; an attenuated form of flacker, q. v.
  2. Middle English fliker: see flicker, v.
  3. from flicker, v.
  4. Imitated from one of the bird's notes.
 

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/ˈflɪkər/
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