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