flickering

Meaning of flickering

adjective
  1. (of a flame or light) burning or shining unsteadily; wavering.
    the flickering flames cast long shadows
verb, gerund or present participle
  1. (of light or a source of light) shine unsteadily; vary rapidly in brightness.
    the interior lights flickered, and came on
  2. make small, quick movements.
    her eyelids flickered
    Forster's eyes flickered open

Old English flicorian, flycerian ‘to flutter’, probably of Germanic origin and related to Low German flickern and Dutch flikkeren .

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Hyphenation of flickering

flick-er-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • flickering is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

flickering synonyms

Meaning aflicker:

aflicker

Meaning shine faintly with a wavering light:

glimmer

Meaning give out or reflect small flashes of light:

glint

Meaning shine brightly, especially with reflected light:

gleam

Meaning burn or shine with a sudden intensity:

flare

Meaning (of the sun or another source of light) give out a bright light:

shine

Meaning move up and down lightly and quickly in the air:

dance

Meaning (of a candle or flame) flicker and burn unsteadily:

gutter

Meaning (of a star or light, or a shiny object) shine with a gleam that changes constantly from bright to faint:

twinkle

Meaning shine brightly with flashes of light:

sparkle

Meaning shut and open the eyes quickly:

blink

Meaning (of a bright object or a light) shine or flash intermittently:

wink

Meaning shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way:

flash

Meaning emit flashes of light; sparkle:

scintillate

Meaning (of something wet or greasy) shine with a sparkling light:

glisten

Meaning shine with a soft, slightly wavering light:

shimmer

Meaning shine with a bright, shimmering reflected light:

glitter

Meaning sparkle; glitter:

glister

Meaning (of light) flash or sparkle:

coruscate

Meaning destroy (small growths or areas of tissue) using diathermy:

fulgurate

Meaning move with a light irregular or trembling motion:

flutter

Meaning tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion:

quiver

Meaning move continuously and rapidly to and fro:

vibrate

Meaning (of a person, a part of the body, or the voice) shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty:

tremble

Meaning move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side:

wobble

Meaning shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited:

shiver

Meaning (of a person) tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion:

shudder

Meaning experience sudden involuntary muscular contractions; twitch convulsively:

spasm

Meaning move or cause to move with a jerk:

jerk

Meaning give or cause to give a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement:

twitch

Meaning (of a sports team or player) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball:

bat

Meaning (of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly:

flap

Meaning blink:

nictitate, nictate

Words that rhyme with flickering

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