flicker
flicker is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To flutter; to flap the wings without flying. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
- intransitive verb. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
- noun. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.
- noun. The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca.
- noun. the act of moving back and forth
- noun. North American woodpecker
- noun. a momentary flash of light
- verb. move back and forth very rapidly
"the candle flickered"
- verb. flash intermittently
"The lights flicked on and off"
- verb. shine unsteadily
"The candle flickered"
Synonyms
flutter, waver, glint, spark, flitter, quiver, flick
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in flicker:
Common word forms
flickers, flickered, flickering
Words from these letters
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