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flickered

flickered is the simple past and past participle of flicker.

Meaning of flicker

Verb

flicker (third-person singular simple present flickers, present participle flickering, simple past and past participle flickered)

  1. (intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
    • The shadows flicker to and fro.1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Death of the Old Year”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC
  2. (intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
    • A strong desire to smash up everything in the room kept flickering in his head.
  3. (ambitransitive) To flutter or flap.
    • And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing.1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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Questions about flickered

What is flickered the simple past and past participle of?
Flickered is the simple past and past participle of flicker.

Words near flickered in the dictionary

  1. flicker noise
  2. flicker show
  3. flicker shows
  4. flicker wheel
  5. flicker wheels
  6. flickered
  7. flickerer
  8. flickerers
  9. flickereth
  10. flickeriness
  11. flickering

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