Meaning of Flicker | Babel Free

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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