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Definition of Flickers

Flicker
Flicker Flick"er (-[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flickered (-[~e]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.
Flicker
Flicker Flick"er, n. 1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca. The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. --Thoureau.

Meaning of Flickers from wikipedia

- Look up flicker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flicker may refer to: Flickers, wood****s of the subgenus Colaptes Flicker (screen), a darkness artifact...
- two w****s are needed for a mated pair to build the nest. Male flickers find female flickers by head bobbing and their personal mating call. The common sounds...
- slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. Common terms for the field, in general...
- flickers, on the other hand, nest in riparian trees and very rarely inhabit saguaros. Gilded flickers occasionally hybridize with northern flickers in...
- a frame that says "The Flicker," at which point it starts. The screen goes white, then after a short while, the screen flickers with a single black frame...
- Sigalit "Siggy" Flicker (née Paldiel; born June 1, 1967) is an Israeli-American matchmaker, podcaster, television personality, and writer. She starred...
- Guatemalan flickers is of a different, usually higher frequency and pacing than other flickers, with longer notes. The Guatemalan flicker ranges from...
- Flicker is a novel by Theodore Roszak published in 1991. The novel covers approximately 15–20 years of the life of film scholar Jonathan Gates, whose...
- A flicker fixer or scan doubler is a piece of computer hardware that de-interlaces an output video signal. The flicker fixer accomplishes this by adjusting...
- Flicker noise is a type of electronic noise with a 1/f power spectral density. It is therefore often referred to as 1/f noise or pink noise, though these...