Definition of "flicker" in English

noun

1. An unsteady flash of light.

   • the flicker of the dying candle
   • the flicker of an old movie

2. (figurative) A short moment.

   • a flicker of hope
   • a flicker of recognition passed through my mind.

verb

1. (intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.

2. (intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.

   • A strong desire to smash up everything in the room kept flickering in his head.
   • 1967, Barry Mason (writer), Tom Jones (performer), Delilah I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window / I saw the flickering shadow of love on her blind

3. (ambitransitive) To flutter or flap.

noun

1. (US) Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes.

noun

1. One who flicks.

2. (colloquial) A television remote control.