flicker
I. flick·er1 (flĭkʹər)v. flick·ered, flick·er·ing, flick·ersv. intr. 1. To move waveringly; flutter: shadows flickering on the wall. 2. To burn unsteadily or fitfully.v. tr. To cause to move waveringly.n. 1. A brief movement; a tremor. 2. An inconstant or wavering light. 3. A brief or slight sensation: a flicker of doubt. 4. Slang. A movie. [Middle English flikeren, to flutter, from Old English flicerian.] II. flick·er2 (flĭkʹər)n. Any of various large North American woodpeckers of the genus Colaptes, especially C. auratus, the common flicker, having a brown back, spotted breast, and white rump. [Perhaps from flick1.]
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