Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - flicker
Flicker
flicker
1. v. & n. --v.intr. 1 (of light) shine unsteadily or fitfully. 2 (of a flame) burn unsteadily, alternately flaring and dying down. 3 a (of a flag, a reptile's tongue, an eyelid, etc.) move or wave to and fro; quiver; vibrate. b (of the wind) blow lightly and unsteadily. 4 (of hope etc.) increase and decrease unsteadily and intermittently. --n. a flickering movement or light. Phrases and idioms flicker out die away after a final flicker. Etymology: OE flicorian, flycerian 2. n. any woodpecker of the genus Colaptes, native to N. America. Etymology: imit. of its note
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I. verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English flikeren, from Old English flicorian Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to move irregularly or unsteadily ; flutter, to burn or shine fitfully or with a fluctuating light , to appear briefly, transitive verb to cause to ~, to produce by ~ing, ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 1822 1. an act of ~ing, a sudden brief movement, a momentary quickening , a slight indication ; hint , 2. a wavering light, a repeated momentary defect in a cathode-ray tube image caused especially by slow scanning of the screen, movie, ~y adjective III. noun Etymology: probably imitative of its call Date: 1809 a large barred and spotted North American woodpecker (Colaptes auratus) with a brown back that commonly forages on the ground for ants ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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