Meanings
- shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)
With 3,600 h.p. underfoot, acceleration was reasonably brisk, but the flickering wheel-slip indicator light showed the prudence of not putting full power through the traction motors while there were traces of early-morning dampness on the rails.
1960 August, R. K. Evans, “Railway Modernisation in Spain”, in Trains Illustrated, page 494
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of flicker
plural flickerings
- A short, uncertain burst.
Even after the acrimonious breakup, she still felt flickerings of love for him.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ῥοδανός
- ῥοδανός (rhodanós)to shine unsteadily
Māori pūrēhua, teretere
- pūrēhuato shine unsteadily
- teretereto shine unsteadily
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Cite this entry
flickering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flickering
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