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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : flik-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈflɪk ər |
Definition of flicker
Origin :- Old English flicorian "to flutter, flap quickly and lightly," originally of birds. Onomatopoeic and suggestive of quick motion. Sense of "shine with a wavering light" is c.1600, but not common till 19c. Related: Flickered; flickering.
- noun spark, glimmer
- verb sparkle, flutter
- Andrew peered into the grim face of the older man; there was not a flicker of a smile in it.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- In her numbed brain was no flicker of thought as to whatever might come to her afterward.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- She saw the flicker of the match across the street, and knew what it meant.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- "I just know he'll choose Bill," crowed the Countess after the flicker of the doctor's skirts.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- To her, the blaze of the Set's smartness was but the flicker of a penny dip.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- No flicker of thought illuminated the darkness of his confusion.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Temple bowed, with no flicker of recognition visible in his face.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- His eyes sparkled, but there was a flicker of darkness about his forehead.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- It seemed that he saw the merest ghost of a flicker in Murray's left eye.
- Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
- To his sharp scrutiny there seemed to flicker in her eyes a kind of answering gleam.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
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