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   Flicker , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flickered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flickering.] [OE. flikeren, flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D. flikkeren to sparkle. √84.  Cf. Flacker.]
   To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
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   And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing.
   Dryden.
   
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   To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
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   The shadows flicker to fro.
   Tennyson.
   
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   Flicker, n.
   The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.
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   (Zool.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca.
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   The cackle of the flicker among the oaks.
   Thoureau.
   
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