Flicker

Definitions

1. Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes.
   US
2. One who flicks.
3. A surname.
4. An unsteady flash of light.
   countable, uncountable
5. Ellipsis of channel flicker (“remote control”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
6. A short moment.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“the flicker of the dying candle”

“the flicker of an old movie”

“a flicker of hope⟳”

“a flicker of recognition passed through my mind⟳.”

“It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type⟳, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face⟳.”

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