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flickering

/ˈflɪkəɹɪŋ/

flickering adjective: shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light). Also the present participle and gerund of flicker.

Adjective

flickering

  1. shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)
    • With 3,600 h.p. underfoot, acceleration was reasonably brisk, but the flickering wheel-slip indicator light showed the prudence of not putting full power through the traction motors while there were traces of early-morning dampness on the rails.1960 August, R. K. Evans, “Railway Modernisation in Spain”, in Trains Illustrated, page 494

Noun

flickering (plural flickerings)

  1. A short, uncertain burst.
    • Even after the acrimonious breakup, she still felt flickerings of love for him.

Also used as

flickering is also the present participle and gerund of flicker.

flickering meaning in Nepali

flickering in Nepali

फ्लिकरिङ गर्न

Examples of flickering in a sentence

  • A strong desire to smash up everything in the room kept flickering in his head.
  • She was hypnotized by the flickering flames of the fire.
  • The flickering TV fascinated the cat.

All 24 example sentences with flickering

Forms of flickering

pluralflickerings

Words formed from flickering

Questions about flickering

What does flickering mean?
Flickering means shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light).
What is flickering in Nepali?
Flickering in Nepali is फ्लिकरिङ गर्न. See Flickering meaning in Nepali.
What part of speech is flickering?
Flickering can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce flickering?
Flickering is pronounced /ˈflɪkəɹɪŋ/.

Words near flickering in the dictionary

  1. flickered
  2. flickerer
  3. flickerers
  4. flickereth
  5. flickeriness
  6. flickering
  7. flickeringly
  8. flickerings
  9. flickerless
  10. flickermice
  11. flickermouse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flickering (page history and authors); flickering (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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