flicker

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a momentary flash of light
• Syn:
spark, glint
• Derivationally related forms:
glint (for: glint), spark (for: spark)
• Hypernyms:
flash
2. North American woodpecker
• Hypernyms:
woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker
• Hyponyms:
yellow-shafted flicker, Colaptes auratus, yellowhammer, gilded flicker, Colaptes chrysoides,
red-shafted flicker, Colaptes caper collaris
• Member Holonyms:
Colaptes, genus Colaptes
3. the act of moving back and forth
• Syn:
waver, flutter
• Derivationally related forms:
flutter (for: flutter), waver (for: waver)
• Hypernyms:
motion, movement, move, motility

II - verb

1. move back and forth very rapidly (Freq. 3)
- the candle flickered
• Syn:
waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
• Derivationally related forms:
flutter (for: flutter), fluttering (for: flutter), waver (for: waver)
• Hypernyms:
move back and forth
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
2. flash intermittently
- The lights flicked on and off
• Syn:
flick
• Hypernyms:
flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. shine unsteadily
- The candle flickered
• Syn:
flick
• Hypernyms:
shine, beam
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Lights flicker on the horizon
- The horizon is flickering with lights

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  waver, flutter, spark, glint, flick, flitter, quiver