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English Dictionary: flickering by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flickering
adj
  1. shining unsteadily
    Synonym(s): flickering, aflicker(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flicker \Flick"er\ (-[etil]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flickered}
      (-[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flickering}.] [OE. flikeren,
      flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D.
      flikkeren to sparkle. [root]84. Cf. Flacker.]
      1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
  
                     And flickering on her nest made short essays to
                     sing.                                                --Dryden.
  
      2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or
            when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
  
                     The shadows flicker to fro.               --Tennyson.
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