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Noun flicker has 3 senses
- flicker, spark, glint - a momentary flash of light
--1 is a kind of flash
- flicker - North American woodpecker
--2 is a kind of woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker
--2 is a member of Colaptes, genus Colaptes
--2 has particulars:
- waver, flutter, flicker - the act of moving back and forth
--3 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
Verb flicker has 3 senses
- flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver - move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
--1 is one way to move back and forth
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- flicker, flick - shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered"
--2 is one way to shine, beam
Sample sentences:
Lights flicker on the horizon
The horizon is flickering with lights
- flicker, flick - flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off"
--3 is one way to flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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