Thesaurus: flicker

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1. v. i. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
2. v. i. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
3. n. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.
4. n. The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca.
5. n. a momentary flash of light
6. n. North American woodpecker
7. n. the act of moving back and forth
8. v. move back and forth very rapidly
9. v. shine unsteadily
10. v. flash intermittently
11. 1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying. And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. Dryden. 2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light. The shadows flicker to fro. Tennyson. 1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame. 2. (Zoöl.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca. The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. Thoureau.
12. The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so calledfrom its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeonwoodpecker, and yucca.The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. Thoureau.