flacker

flacker verb: to flutter like a bird.

Verb

flacker (third-person singular simple present flackers, present participle flackering, simple past and past participle flackered)

(intransitive) To flutter like a bird.
- And the cherubins flackered with their wings.1535, Myles Coverdale, Bible, Ezekiel x. 19
(intransitive) To flicker; to quiver.

flacker meaning in Urdu

flacker in Urdu

پھڑ پھڑانا

Forms of flacker

third-person singular present	flackers
present participle	flackering
past participle	flackered
past	flackered

Origin of flacker

From Middle English flakeren (“to flutter, waver”), from Old English *flacorian, from Proto-West Germanic *flakurōn, from Proto-Germanic *flakurōną (“to flutter”), related to Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”). Sometimes regarded as a frequentative, equivalent to flack + -er (frequentative suffix). Akin to Middle Dutch flakkeren (“to flicker, waver”), German flackern (“to flare, flicker, flutter”), Icelandic flökra (“to flutter”), Icelandic flakka (“to rove about”), Old English flacor (“flying, fluttering”). See also flack, flicker.

Questions about flacker

What does flacker mean?: Flacker means to flutter like a bird.
What is flacker in Urdu?: Flacker in Urdu is پھڑ پھڑانا. See Flacker meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is flacker?: Flacker is a verb.
What is the past tense of flacker?: The past tense of flacker is flackered.

Words near flacker in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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