noun
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An unsteady flash of light.
example
the flicker of a poorly tuned television set
definition
A short moment.
verb
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To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
definition
To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
definition
To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
Examples of flicker in a Sentence
The Watcher disappeared in a flicker of light.
A flicker of amusement crossed her face.
In a gentle flicker of light, he was gone.
Peter and his chancellor de Mezieres represent the last flicker of the crusading spirit.
Jonny met her gaze again, and she saw a flicker of familiar warmth in his dark eyes.
Her father had just admitted there were more people like her, and she couldn't help her flicker of hope at the news.
If not for the worried flicker of her gaze past him to see who followed, Damian would have thought this a social call.
A flicker of alarm went across her features, warning Deidre something was wrong.
The dying flicker danced and radiated in his shaking hand, reflecting on something white.
Deidre sought some flicker of warmth in his dark gaze and saw none.
He thought he saw a flicker of sadness cross her gaze before he crossed into the shadow world.
For the first time in their history, a flicker of emotion crossed the features of her surgeon.
These were motionless at first, but soon began to flicker more brightly and to sway slowly from side to side and then up and down.
Wait - what was that flicker in the corner of the screen?
The song birds and insectivorous birds include the cardinal grosbeak, scarlet and summer tanagers, meadow lark, song sparrow, catbird, brown thrasher, wood thrush, house wren, robin, blue bird, goldfinch, red-headed woodpecker, flicker (golden-winged woodpecker), and several species of warblers.
There was a flicker of warmth in his gaze as he teased Katie, and he almost seemed approachable without the bulky trench coat lined with weapons.
A flicker of light, and the clothing appeared on a slate grey slab serving as a bench near the door.
Xander looked at her again, a flicker of something she thought might be cunning crossing his features.
Pixels on LCDs don't have a pulsing quality like CRTs that can cause flicker.
The flicker is caused by the way television works - the picture is recreated on the screen many times a second.
Add a few taper candles in ornate holders and dine in the flicker of the soft light.
They're scented with vanilla, and flicker like real candles.
Added features like a built-in flicker or scented wax make them the closest alternative to a traditional candle on the market.
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Was the Live8 concert the final flicker of a once raging fire that was Pink Floyd?
As long as someone has javascript enabled, they will be able to see your images flicker on and off.
He felt the flicker of a pulse and prayed it was enough.
It blazed before fading to a flicker.
Her sudden flicker of hope died when Czerno spoke again.
External models that will connect to most Amigas retail for £ 69.95, or £ 99.95 with the flicker fixer.
Increasing this to 50 images per second would eliminate noticeable flicker.
There may have been a slight flicker in Carls eyes.
On the plus side, its images were rock solid, without any ghosting and with only occasional flicker.
Let the screen flicker, let men flare across the room at you.
Instead of sticking to a purely orchestral sound, however, innovative combinations of sounds flicker between songs like scenes in a film.
J.K.A. Everard and C.D. Broomfield " Transposed flicker noise suppression in microwave oscillators using feedforward amplifiers.
Also here we saw the Cuban subspecies of Northern Flicker, and West Indian Woodpecker.
Even the smallest draft will cause a candle to flicker.
If it lights up, check screen quality to make sure it's clear and free of flicker.
I don't want to miss a nuance from the great man, not even a flicker of an eyelid.
However, with larger screens, the flicker effect starts to become very slightly perceptible.
But just before the last flicker of the burning candle was finally snuffed out along came CAMRA and the rest is history.
To access the flicker reduction options, go to Internet Browser and then Tools.
From there, you can find the Flicker Reduction configuration.
Set Flicker Reduction to off if you are using progressive mode at 1080p or 720p.
The nose sparked some flicker of warning.
Flameless candles are typically operated by battery and have an optional flicker mode that gives the appearance of a candle burning.
This includes a flicker effect as well as a scented version.
The lights themselves flicker to look more authentic.
Many battery operated candles also offer a flicker effect that resembles wax candles, as well as various timers and sensors to control when and how often they switch on and off.