Flicker Definition
Origin of Flicker
From Middle English flikeren (“to flutter”), from Old English flicerian, flicorian (“to flutter”). Akin to Dutch flikkeren (“to flutter”).
From Wiktionary
1808, American English, probably echoic of the bird's call, or from the white spotted plumage which appears to flicker.
From Wiktionary
Middle English flikeren to flutter from Old English flicerian
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Perhaps from flick
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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flick + -er
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