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flicker
What does flicker mean?
flicker (verb): to burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce flicker?
/ˈflɪkɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does flicker come from?
From Middle English flikeren (“to flutter”), from Old English flicerian, flicorian (“to flutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *flikurōn.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “flicker” mean?
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Not quite: that's what confirm means.
to cause (someone) to learn or understand (something)
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to burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light
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to remove or block an opening, gap or passage through
Not quite: that's what close means.
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