as in to flutter
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh
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as in movie
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track
as a child, the future director would spend hours sitting in the theater, totally entranced by the flickers
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as in flurry
a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity
usually there's a flicker in car sales when the new models come out
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as in hint
an almost imperceptible sign of something
there was a flicker of recognition in her eye when I mentioned his name, but she denied knowing him
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Recent Examples of flicker
E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
The Blue Devils can only hold on to a flickering hope of getting an NIT bid as consolation.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2025
Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Despite all the pastor’s conventionality and sanctimony, there are flames between them, but those flickers run fairly cool until a breaking point in which Manders at last makes explicit reference to them.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The bottom-right corner of his center screen flickered with notifications.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
The Blue Devils can only hold on to a flickering hope of getting an NIT bid as consolation.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
Rockwell managed to imbue his speech with just the right balance of madness and pathos—Frank stares at Rick with crazy eyes that seem to have glimpsed a flicker of truth from behind the veil.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Despite all the pastor’s conventionality and sanctimony, there are flames between them, but those flickers run fairly cool until a breaking point in which Manders at last makes explicit reference to them.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
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Chinese national flags flutter on boats near shipping containers at the Yangshan Port outside Shanghai, China, February 7, 2025.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2025
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And Mark’s eyes flutter, the sound of severance thrums, and when Mark Scout awakens, he’s accidentally fired the bolt pistol into Drummond’s neck.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Pitt’s other recent credits include last year’s Wolfs alongside George Clooney and Chazelle’s 2022 movie Babylon.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
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The fake Sarah Polley movie being shot inside Episode 2 was the opposite.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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Wall Street analysts have issued a flurry of downgrades for the S&P 500, and billionaire business leaders are pushing back against Trump.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Vietnamese Communist Party chief To Lam was one of the first world leaders to speak with Trump last week after the U.S. president announced a flurry of tariffs on almost every country that exports to the United States.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
6 Apr. 2025
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Looking for Thursday’s Wordle hints, clues and answer?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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If that fails, DeepMind suggests intensive stress testing and monitoring to watch for any hint that an AI might be turning against us.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2025
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With South of Midnight, Compulsion Games (Contrast, We Happy Few) meaningfully engages with the complex history of its Deep South setting, constantly flitting between the fantastical and the real, comedy and tragedy.—
Sarah Thwaites,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2025
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By flitting between the anachronistic analog aesthetic of Lumon’s Severed Floor and the contemporary world of internet and smart phones, Severance brilliantly unfolds in a setting constantly at odds with itself.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Deadline, however, projects a stronger international take for A Minecraft Movie and is pegging the film to open with $140 million in global ticket sales.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The transformed Hidden Jungle aviary bursts with hundreds of butterflies each spring, attracting butterfly enthusiasts from across the region.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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An 8-year-old Utah boy jumping on a trampoline miraculously survived after a strong wind burst sent him several feet into the air.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Despite being a nonpartisan race, the Badger State contest served as a national proxy battle for Democratic officials and progressive groups, who are grasping at any glimmer of hope amid Trump 2.0's dominance in Washington that has expanded to other parts of the country and culture.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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Democrats saw a glimmer of hope after achieving a significant upset victory in a GOP-leaning state Senate race in Pennsylvania last week.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Flicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flicker. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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