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upflicker

upflicker verb: to flicker upward.

Verb

upflicker (third-person singular simple present upflickers, present participle upflickering, simple past and past participle upflickered)

  1. (poetic) To flicker upward.
    • The rose of love she wore for him blushed with a crimson flame, / And in her eyes the fire of life upflickered as he came.1888, David Gray, “Outrivalled”, in Life, letters, poems, etc

Forms of upflicker

third-person singular presentupflickers
present participleupflickering
past participleupflickered
pastupflickered

Origin of upflicker

From up- + flicker.

Questions about upflicker

What does upflicker mean?
Upflicker means to flicker upward.
What part of speech is upflicker?
Upflicker is a verb.
What is the past tense of upflicker?
The past tense of upflicker is upflickered.

Words near upflicker in the dictionary

  1. upflash
  2. upflashed
  3. upflashes
  4. upflashing
  5. upflew
  6. upflicker
  7. upflickered
  8. upflickering
  9. upflickers
  10. upflies
  11. upflight

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