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Showing words for FLICKER using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Flicker

fickler, flicker, frickle

6 Letter Words for Flicker

fickle, licker, relick, rickle

5 Letter Words for Flicker

clerk, crile, elfic, erick, filer, fleck, flick, flier, flrie, freck, frike, icker, ickle, kefir, kreil, lifer, liker, relic, rifle

4 Letter Words for Flicker

ceil, ciel, cire, cirl, clef, eric, feck, feil, ferk, fice, fiel, fier, fike, file, fire, firk, flic, flir, icer, keir, kerf, kerl, kief, kiel, kier, leck, leir, lice, lick, lief, lier, life, like, lire, lirk, reck, refl, reif, reik, rice, rick, riel, rife, rile

3 Letter Words for Flicker

cel, cer, cfi, cie, cif, cir, cli, clk, clr, crl, efl, eik, eir, elf, eli, elk, erf, erk, fec, fei, fer, fie, fil, fir, fri, ice, ick, ifc, ife, ike, ile, ilk, ire, irk, kef, kie, kif, kil, kir, lei, lek, ler, lie, lif, lir, rec, ref, rei, rel, rie, rif, rle

Definitions for Flicker

[1] to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light: The candle flickered in the wind and went out.
[2] to move to and fro; vibrate; quiver: The long grasses flickered in the wind.
[3] to flutter.
[4] to cause to flicker.
[5] an unsteady flame or light.
[6] a flickering movement.
[7] a brief occurrence or appearance: a flicker of hope.
[8] Often flickers . Slang . flick2.
[9] Ophthalmology . the visual sensation of flickering that occurs when the interval between intermittent flashes of light is too long to permit fusion.
[10] any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Colaptes, having the underside of the wings and tail brightly marked with yellow or red and noted for taking insects from the ground as well as trees.
[11] (intr) to shine with an unsteady or intermittent light a candle flickers
[12] (intr) to move quickly to and fro; quiver, flutter, or vibrate
[13] (tr) to cause to flicker
[14] an unsteady or brief light or flame
[15] a swift quivering or fluttering movement
[16] a visual sensation, often seen in a television image, produced by periodic fluctuations in the brightness of light at a frequency below that covered by the persistence of vision
[17] the flicker (plural) a US word for flick 2 (def. 2)
[18] any North American woodpecker of the genus Colaptes , esp C. auratus (yellow-shafted flicker ), which has a yellow undersurface to the wings and tail

Words related to Flicker

gleam, hover, quiver, waver, twinkle, flit, tremble, flash, shimmer, blink, glint, glimmer, flare, blare, glitter, glow, quivering, oscillation, beam, vibration

Words nearby Flicker

flichter, flick, flick knife, flick-knife, flick-pass, flicker, flickertail, flickertail state, flied, flier, flies

Origin of Flicker

2An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; said to be imitative of the bird's note

Other words from Flicker

flick·er·ing·ly , adverb
flick·er·y , adjective
un·flick·er·ing , adjective
un·flick·er·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Flicker

C19: perhaps imitative of the bird's call

Synonyms for Flicker

gleam, beam, flare, flash, oscillation, quivering, ray, scintillation, twinkle, vibration