Noun flicker has 3 senses
  1. flicker, spark, glint - a momentary flash of light
    --1 is a kind of flash
    Derived forms: verb flicker3, verb flicker2
  2. flicker - North American woodpecker
    --2 is a kind of
    woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker
    --2 is a member of Colaptes, genus Colaptes
    --2 has particulars:
     yellow-shafted flicker, Colaptes auratus, yellowhammer; gilded flicker, Colaptes chrysoides; red-shafted flicker, Colaptes caper collaris
  3. waver, flutter, flicker - the act of moving back and forth
    --3 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
    Derived form: verb flicker1
,Verb flicker has 3 senses
  1. flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver - move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
    --1 is one way to move back and forth
    Derived form: noun flicker3
    Sample sentence:
    Something is ----ing PP
  2. flicker, flick - shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered"
    --2 is one way to shine, beam
    Derived form: noun flicker1
    Sample sentences:
    Lights flicker on the horizon
    The horizon is flickering with lights
  3. flicker, flick - flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off"
    --3 is one way to flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle
    Derived form: noun flicker1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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