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[ UK /flˈɪkɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫɪkɝ/ ]
VERB
  1. flash intermittently
    The lights flicked on and off
  2. move back and forth very rapidly
    the candle flickered
  3. shine unsteadily
    The candle flickered
NOUN
  1. a momentary flash of light
  2. North American woodpecker
  3. the act of moving back and forth

How To Use flicker In A Sentence

  • It was in that moment that several emotions flickered across the young girl's face.
  • There was a flicker of interest in Latham in the opening moments of the not-very-great debate - when he tackled the other unmentionable issues, Iran and the war against terror.
  • He groped about for some answer that could be phrased in their language, letting his mind flicker from the modern electronic gadgets back to the old-time tide predicter. The Sky Is Falling
  • Bewildered, I watch her eyes flicker with the memory of sudden shock and amazement.
  • My sister, indolent and unimaginative as she was, had visions of endless touch-typing speed trials supervised by austere women under flickering striplights.
  • Overhead, lightning flickered frequently as the static electricity accumulating in the ash cloud discharged.
  • The flicker produced by fluorescent lamps is a result of the pulsing of the arc within the lamp.
  • The tiny, flickery viewscreen from a public matterfax at the Sont Mikaal gate station, with its scratched plastic case and the smudged dust of a dozen systems. 365 tomorrows » 2008 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
  • The fact that flickers did not defend feeding territories suggests that characteristics of their prey make it uneconomical to monopolize.
  • Danlo looked through the flickering red fires up at the circle of skulls. The Broken God
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