flicker
/ˈflɪkɚ/ verb C2- To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
- To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter. · A strong desire to smash up everything in the room kept flickering in his head.
- To flutter or flap.
He/she/it flickers · Past flickered · Past participle flickered · -ing form flickering
Verb forms
- Base form
- flicker
- He/she/it
- flickers
- Past
- flickered
- Past participle
- flickered
- -ing form
- flickering
From the library
For an instant I could have sworn that the faintest shadow of a smile flickered over the woman’s lips.
Broad, low tables were scattered about, which bristled with retorts, test-tubes, and little Bunsen lamps, with their blue flickering flames.
See some light in the darkness, but it may possibly flicker out.
“Oh, she does look really dead,” whispered Ruby Gillis nervously, watching the still, white little face under the flickering shadows of the birches.
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