flicker

flicker has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• v. i.. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
• v. i.. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
• n.. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.
• n.. The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca.
• n.. the act of moving back and forth
• n.. North American woodpecker
• n.. a momentary flash of light
• v.. move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
• v.. flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off"
• v.. shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered"