flicker
IPA: fɫˈɪkɝ
noun
- An unsteady flash of light.
- (figurative) A short moment.
- (US) Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes.
- One who flicks.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
- (intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
- (transitive, intransitive) To flutter or flap.
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Examples of "flicker" in Sentences
- The flame of the candle flickers.
- The screen was also flickering very fast.
- A golden, flickering aura now filled the room.
- Occasionally, the sprites suffer from flickering.
- Objects in the load screens and cutscenes flicker.
- All of a sudden, the lights flickered in the studio.
- So in this case, interlace doesn't help the flicker.
- That 60hz flicker is killer on my parafoveal vision.
- If the rate is low, the picture will appear to flicker.
- The lights appeared to be flickering in beat with the music.
- The concern here is specifically something known as flicker rate.
- However, this intermediate image is seen by the user as flickering.
- Cochrane saw Jones 'expression flicker sarcastically just once during
- Albiet, I have seen flicker from the early stages and at one time it was a darling .. but not any more.
- Again, no scientific evidence to suggest that for sure but the specific concern is what is known as a flicker rate.
- She could feel his eyes stroking over her, and when she caught a glimpse of them, it was to see his expression flicker with a subtle sensuality.
- As the sun set that evening, I sat back into the arms of the substantial, saturated air, and watched the fireflies flicker from the comforts of a lawn chair.
- The flicker was the first sign of a change or disturbance in the Spin membrane — first, that is, unless you count the event that followed the Chinese missile attack on the polar artifacts, back in the earliest years of the Spin.
- Something called the flicker phenomena where sunlight flashing very brilliantly on water or on leaves or grass or glass all of which is our back yard can cause an electrical discharge in the brain which can be sufficient to trigger a seizure.
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