flicker

v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.

v.intr.

1. To move waveringly; flutter: shadows flickering on the wall.
2. To burn unsteadily or fitfully.

v.tr.

To cause to move waveringly.

n.

1. A brief movement; a tremor.
2. An inconstant or wavering light.
3. A brief or slight sensation: a flicker of doubt.
4. Slang. A movie.

[Middle English flikeren, to flutter, from Old English flicerian.]

flick·er² (flĭk'ər)
n.

Any of various large North American woodpeckers of the genus Colaptes, especially C. auratus, the common flicker, having a brown back, spotted breast, and white rump.

[Perhaps from FLICK¹.]

An irregular sequence of frames in a movie or video image. The first flicker effect came from movie projectors that were out of synchronization with the film frames. See judder, interlace and flicker fusion rate.

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verb

1. To move quickly, lightly, and irregularly like a bird in flight: flit, flitter, flutter, hover. See repetition.
2. To shine with intermittent gleams: blink, flash, glimmer, twinkle, wink. See continue/stop/pause, light/darkness.

noun

A sudden quick light: blink, coruscation, flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, spark¹, twinkle, wink. See light/darkness.

v

Definition: glimmer
Antonyms: burn steadily

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - blafre, glimte, flagre
v. tr. - få til at blafre, få til at glimte
n. - blafren, glimt, trækning

2.
n. - amerikansk flagspætte

Nederlands (Dutch)
flikkeren, (doen) trillen, laten flikkeren, flikkering, trilling, ivoorsnavelspecht, plotselinge beweging, opvlieging, hint, flikkerlicht, film

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - trembloter, vaciller, papilloter, clignoter
v. tr. - faire clignoter
n. - scintillement, battement (des paupières), (Cin) scintillement, (TV) papillotement

idioms:

• flicker out    vaciller et s'éteindre

2.
n. - pic d'Amérique

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - flimmern, flattern, flackern
n. - Flimmer, Zucken, Flattern

idioms:

• flicker out    verlöschen

2.
n. - ein (nordamer) Goldspecht

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τρεμοφέγγω, τρεμοπαίζω
n. - τρεμοπαίξιμο, τρεμούλιασμα, αναλαμπή

Italiano (Italian)
brillare debolmente, tremolare, scintillio

Português (Portuguese)
v. - mover-se rapidamente
n. - oscilação (f) (de luz)

Русский (Russian)
мерцание, последняя вспышка, трепетание, мерцать

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - parpadear, destellar, temblar, aletear, vacilar, flamear, revolotear
v. tr. - hacer que flamee
n. - destello, parpadeo, centelleo, oscilación, llama vacilante

idioms:

• flicker out    acabarse

2.
n. - variedad de pájaro carpintero norteamericano

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - flämta, fladdra
n. - flämtande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 闪烁, 忽隐忽现, 摇曳, 颤动, 使摇曳, 使忽隐忽现, 使闪烁不定, 以闪烁的光表示, 轻快的动作

2. 电影

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 閃爍, 忽隱忽現, 搖曳, 顫動
v. tr. - 使搖曳, 使忽隱忽現, 使閃爍不定, 以閃爍的光表示
n. - 閃爍, 忽隱忽現, 搖曳, 輕快的動作

2.
n. - 電影

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - (등불, 희망 등이) 명멸하다, 나부끼다, 기절하다
v. tr. - 깜박이게 하다, 나부끼게 하다
n. - 깜박임, 어른거림, 살랑거림

2.
n. - 영화관

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 明滅する, そよぐ, 明滅させる, 震えさせる, ちらちらする
n. - そよぎ, ゆらぎ, ハシボソキツツキ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخفق , يرفرف (الاسم) طائر النقار , اشتعال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮היבהב, עיפעף, הבליח‬
v. tr. - ‮גרם להבהב‬
n. - ‮זיק (תקווה), הבהוב‬
n. - ‮נקר (ציפור)‬

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