FLICKER
Dictionary entry overview: What does flicker mean?
• FLICKER (noun)
The noun FLICKER has 3 senses:
1. a momentary flash of light
2. North American woodpecker
3. the act of moving back and forth
Familiarity information: FLICKER used as a noun is uncommon.
• FLICKER (verb)
The verb FLICKER has 3 senses:
1. move back and forth very rapidly
2. shine unsteadily
3. flash intermittently
Familiarity information: FLICKER used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FLICKER (noun)
Meaning:
A momentary flash of light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
flicker; glint; spark
Hypernyms ("flicker" is a kind of...):
flash (a sudden intense burst of radiant energy)
Meaning:
North American woodpecker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("flicker" is a kind of...):
pecker; peckerwood; woodpecker (bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flicker"):
Colaptes auratus; yellow-shafted flicker; yellowhammer (large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail)
Colaptes chrysoides; gilded flicker (southwestern United States bird like the yellow-shafted flicker but lacking the red neck)
Colaptes caper collaris; red-shafted flicker (western United States bird with red undersurface to wings and tail)
Holonyms ("flicker" is a member of...):
Colaptes; genus Colaptes (a genus of Picidae)
Meaning:
The act of moving back and forth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
flutter; flicker; waver
Hypernyms ("flicker" is a kind of...):
motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)
• FLICKER (verb)
Meaning:
Move back and forth very rapidly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
flitter; flicker; flutter; quiver; waver
Context example:
the candle flickered
Hypernyms (to "flicker" is one way to...):
move back and forth (move in one direction and then into the opposite direction)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Shine unsteadily
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Synonyms:
flicker; flick
Context example:
The candle flickered
Hypernyms (to "flicker" is one way to...):
beam; shine (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence examples:
Lights flicker on the horizon
The horizon is flickering with lights
Meaning:
Flash intermittently
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
flick; flicker
Context example:
The lights flicked on and off
Hypernyms (to "flicker" is one way to...):
blink; flash; twinkle; wink; winkle (gleam or glow intermittently)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
