English language

How to pronounce flicker in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms glint, spark
Type of flash
Type Words
Synonyms flitter, flutter, quiver, waver
Type of move back and forth


the candle flickered.
Type Words
Synonyms flick
Type of beam, shine


The candle flickered.
Type Words
Synonyms flick
Type of winkle, wink, blink, twinkle, flash
Type Words
Synonyms flutter, waver
Type of move, motility, motion, movement
Type Words
Type of peckerwood, pecker, woodpecker
Has types gilded flicker, colaptes caper collaris, colaptes chrysoides, red-shafted flicker, colaptes auratus, yellow-shafted flicker, yellowhammer

Examples of flicker

flicker
This telltale flicker is easy to spot even from a small, ground-based telescope.
From the time.com
Pileated, flicker and downy woodpeckers visit this area several times every day.
From the thenewstribune.com
So when Ride mentioned the shuttle-extension idea, it created a flicker of hope.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The Hoosiers brushed aside the Bruins, 65-51, with barely a flicker of emotion.
From the sportingnews.com
At most, he registers anxiety with an almost imperceptible flicker of his eyes.
From the time.com
The LEDs flicker as they transmit, but much faster than the human eye can detect.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Cal scored on a 53-yard flea-flicker pass on the next play to take a 27-13lead.
From the dailynews.com
At one point he offered a flicker of a smile to his 4-year-old daughter nearby.
From the nytimes.com
Every flicker of emotion on the faces of the visitors could be vastly portentous.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
  • A momentary flash of light
  • North American woodpecker
  • Flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off"
  • Waver: the act of moving back and forth
  • (flickering) shining unsteadily
  • Flicker is the second album by electro-industrial project Ayria, released in 2005. A deluxe edition featured a bonus disc and an extra cardboard box to store the album in.
  • FLicKeR is a Canadian documentary film written and directed by Nik Sheehan, produced by Maureen Judge and Silva Basmajian (NFB). The film is based on the book "Chapel of Extreme Experience " by John Geiger about the work of artist Brion Gysin and his Dreamachine.
  • Manic Street Preachers are an alternative rock band from Blackwood, Wales, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield (vocals, guitars), Nicky Wire (bass, occasional vocals) and Sean Moore (drums, backing vocals, occasional trumpet). ...