Meaning of "flicker" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FLICKER

Old English flicorian; related to Dutch flikkeren, Old Norse flökra to flutter.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FLICKER

flicker  [ˈflɪkə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLICKER

Flicker is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb flicker in English.

WHAT DOES FLICKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Flicker

Flicker may refer to any of the following: ▪ Flickers, woodpeckers of the subgenus Colaptes ▪ Flicker, a fading between frames that occurs on a cathode-ray screen at low refresh rates ▪ Power line flicker, a fluctuation in the voltage of AC power lines, whose compliance is regulated by IEC61000-3-3 ▪ Flicker noise, electrical noise with a 1/f spectrum. ▪ Flicker, a guitar tremolo made by ESP Guitars in the late 70s and early 80s Popular culture ▪ Flicker, the original bass guitarist for the band Manic Street Preachers ▪ Flicker, a character in the cartoon and video game Blazing Dragons ▪ Flicker, a book by Theodore Roszak ▪ Flicker, a candle maker transformed into a candle man appearing in The Ice King of Oz and subsequent books by Eric Shanower. ▪ Flicker, a 1973 pinball table made by Bally ▪ Flicker Film Festival, an ongoing film series featuring Super 8 and 16mm short films ▪ Flicker Records, a record label belonging...

Definition of flicker in the English dictionary

The first definition of flicker in the dictionary is to shine with an unsteady or intermittent light. Other definition of flicker is to move quickly to and fro; quiver, flutter, or vibrate. Flicker is also to cause to flicker.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLICKER

PRESENT

Present

I flicker

you flicker

he/she/it flickers

we flicker

you flicker

they flicker

Present continuous

I am flickering

you are flickering

he/she/it is flickering

we are flickering

you are flickering

they are flickering

Present perfect

I have flickered

you have flickered

he/she/it has flickered

we have flickered

you have flickered

they have flickered

Present perfect continuous

I have been flickering

you have been flickering

he/she/it has been flickering

we have been flickering

you have been flickering

they have been flickering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I flickered

you flickered

he/she/it flickered

we flickered

you flickered

they flickered

Past continuous

I was flickering

you were flickering

he/she/it was flickering

we were flickering

you were flickering

they were flickering

Past perfect

I had flickered

you had flickered

he/she/it had flickered

we had flickered

you had flickered

they had flickered

Past perfect continuous

I had been flickering

you had been flickering

he/she/it had been flickering

we had been flickering

you had been flickering

they had been flickering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will flicker

you will flicker

he/she/it will flicker

we will flicker

you will flicker

they will flicker

Future continuous

I will be flickering

you will be flickering

he/she/it will be flickering

we will be flickering

you will be flickering

they will be flickering

Future perfect

I will have flickered

you will have flickered

he/she/it will have flickered

we will have flickered

you will have flickered

they will have flickered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been flickering

you will have been flickering

he/she/it will have been flickering

we will have been flickering

you will have been flickering

they will have been flickering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would flicker

you would flicker

he/she/it would flicker

we would flicker

you would flicker

they would flicker

Conditional continuous

I would be flickering

you would be flickering

he/she/it would be flickering

we would be flickering

you would be flickering

they would be flickering

Conditional perfect

I would have flicker

you would have flicker

he/she/it would have flicker

we would have flicker

you would have flicker

they would have flicker

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been flickering

you would have been flickering

he/she/it would have been flickering

we would have been flickering

you would have been flickering

they would have been flickering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you flicker
we let´s flicker
you flicker

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to flicker

Past participle

flickered

Present Participle

flickering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «FLICKER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flicker» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of flicker

atom · breath · drop · flare · flash · flutter · gleam · glimmer · gutter · iota · quiver · shimmer · spark · sparkle · trace · twinkle · vestige · vibrate · waver

TRANSLATION OF FLICKER

Find out the translation of flicker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of flicker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flicker» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 闪烁不定
• Translator English - Spanish: parpadear
• English: flicker
• Translator English - Hindi: झिलमिलाहट
• Translator English - Arabic: وميض
• Translator English - Russian: мерцание
• Translator English - Portuguese: tremular
• Translator English - Bengali: মিট্মিট্
• Translator English - French: vaciller
• Translator English - Malay: Kelipan
• Translator English - German: flackern
• Translator English - Japanese: ちらちらする
• Translator English - Korean: 깜박거리다
• Translator English - Javanese: Kedhip
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nhấp nháy
• Translator English - Tamil: ஃப்ளிக்கர்
• Translator English - Marathi: झटका
• Translator English - Turkish: titreme
• Translator English - Italian: tremolare
• Translator English - Polish: migotanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: мерехтіння
• Translator English - Romanian: flicker
• Translator English - Greek: flicker
• Translator English - Afrikaans: flikker
• Translator English - Swedish: flimmer
• Translator English - Norwegian: flimmer

10 QUOTES WITH «FLICKER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word flicker.

1

Wade Boggs

Looking back on those days and little leaguer, the Hall of Fame is not even a blinking star, but through baseball travels and moving up the ladder, that star begins to flicker.

2

Karel Capek

You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea - O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end.

3

John Van Hamersveld

In teaching color, you teach people how to look something and see the tone in it and break it down to be able to paint it and reproduce that color. But then, I'm psychedelic, so I look at color differently. I like colors that are in contrast with one another, so that they flicker back and forth.

4

Kellan Lutz

I love having candles, especially when you get downtime. I could just pass out seeing the flame flicker with the lights off.

5

Pranab Mukherjee

I have seen vast, perhaps unbelievable, changes during the journey that has brought me from the flicker of a lamp in a small Bengal village to the chandeliers of Delhi.

6

Conor Cruise O'Brien

Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.

7

Denis O'Hare

Generally, it's a great exercise to not get stuck in one medium too long because you begin to lose perspective on the peculiar drawbacks and strengths of the medium. For example, if I'm in the back of the stage and I want you to see my emotional change by a flicker of my eyelid, we're all going to be in for a long boring evening.

8

Mordecai Richler

Fundamentally, all writing is about the same thing; it's about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, and the frustration that it creates.

9

James Rosenquist

I'm interested in contemporary vision - the flicker of chrome, reflections, rapid associations, quick flashes of light. Bing! Bang!

10

Amy Seimetz

I don't think that there's necessarily a side to drama that has to be completely bleak. You have to have a flicker of humor 'cause everyone has a flicker of humor, something they find funny in life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLICKER»

Discover the use of flicker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flicker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Flicker: A Novel

From the golden age of art movies and underground cinema to X-rated porn, splatter films, and midnight movies, this breathtaking thriller is a tour de force of cinematic fact and fantasy, full of metaphysical mysteries that will haunt the ...

Theodore Roszak, 2005

Flicker Flash

Flicker Flash

Joan Bransfield Graham, 2003

The Last Flicker

After TholaýS Death, Dharam Singh Took Sole Responsibility Of His Son Jagsir And His Mother Nandi. Over The Year, However, Things Changed. The Position Of Dharam Singh Weakened In His Family.

Gurdial Singh, 1993

Goodbye, Flicker: Poems

This distinctive collection introduces a new type of mythmaking, daring in its marriage of fairy tale tropes with American mundanities.

Carmen Giménez Smith, 2012

In the Flicker of an Eyelid

In the Flicker of an Eyelid, first published in French as L'espace d'un cillement in 1959, appears here in English for the first time in a graceful, expert translation by the veteran critic Carrol F. Coates and the award-winning Haitian ...

Jacques Stéphen Alexis, 2002

Where Fireflies Flicker and Time Stands Still

Whether you believe it or not, there is a land where animals of all sorts live together in harmony and where fireflies light the way for those who seek it!

Brianne Phillips, 2011

Flicker to Flame: Living with Purpose, Meaning, and Happiness

It is nearly biblical in its timeless wisdom as well as a delightful read. Thomas Jefferson referred to the pursuit of happiness. In this remarkable book, Jeff Parker gives wings to that pursuit.

Jeffrey Thompson Parker, 2006

Voltage Quality in Electrical Power Systems

Annotation This book details the theoretical and practical background to low voltage conducted disturbances including harmonics, voltage fluctuation/flicker and asymmetrical voltages.

Jürgen Schlabbach, Dirk Blume, Thomas Stephanblome, 2001

Flicker Noise of Scaled NMOS Devices with High-K Dielectrics ...

Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) devices has been scaled to the extent where significant tunneling currents flow in the gate terminal.

Xiaochen Zhang, 2009

Pocket Tales Year 6 a Flicker of Light

Pocket Reads have fantastic breadth and variety of genre, with Pocket Sci-Fi, Pocket Facts and Pocket Chillers making up the rest of the collection of independent readers.

Agnes Szudek, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLICKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flicker is used in the context of the following news items.

Lawson: Buzzing the fuzz, flicker of local common sense

Common sense is beginning to flicker in our county government. I said "flicker" because there is an attempt to redesign the planned intersection ... «Reno Gazette Journal, Jul 15»

Why Serena Williams tops Roger Federer as the greatest ever

At the Australian Open, her Wimbledon final opponent Muguruza battered her for a set, but she refused to elicit even a flicker of negativity and ... «Eurosport.com AU, Jul 15»

Woman who was viciously raped at knifepoint in her own bed: 'I met …

Rosalyn put her daughter to bed, had a bath, and was settling down at about 9pm to read a book in bed when she saw the landing light flicker ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

Quora Question: What Is a Legitimate Cause for Worry When Flying …

When they close the door, you will hear a change and both the air and lights will flicker as they switch from the airport system to the aircraft ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»

Dani Garavelli: Police chief's apology too late

... stop and search or armed officers on routine patrol, he seldom betrays a flicker of self-doubt or feels the need to justify himself or his policies ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»

Army Warrant Officer Stephen Leslie Lane: Dream of flying cut short

In his Gloucester High”Flicker” yearbook entry, Lane stated his ambition was “to be one of the Blue Angels.” “He was always interested in flying ... «Gloucester Daily Times, Jul 15»

Now I know Bamber did it: Crime writer's definitive verdict on the …

There was a flicker in Jeremy's expression. 'Do you want to sit down?' Bews asked. Bamber replied: 'No, I'm all right.' He then began to cry. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

'Don Quixote' has potential, needs work

As flames flicker, evocatively externalized by video images on the white house behind him, Alonso becomes Don Quixote de la Mancha and ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»

New IEEE Standard on LED Flicker Provokes Opposition from …

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), New York, recently published a new recommended practice regarding flicker in ... «Electrical Marketing's LiveWire, Jul 15»

Why Final Fantasy VII matters

Logos flicker on failing monitors, propped up in a quilt of urban junk. Light glitters on seawater beneath jutting pylons. Flowers swell up from the ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»