Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flicker
Participle: flickered
Gerund: flickering
Indicative
Present
| I | flicker |
| you | flicker |
| he;she;it | flickers |
| we | flicker |
| you | flicker |
| they | flicker |
Perfect
| I | have flickered |
| you | have flickered |
| he;she;it | has flickered |
| we | have flickered |
| you | have flickered |
| they | have flickered |
Past
| I | flickered |
| you | flickered |
| he;she;it | flickered |
| we | flickered |
| you | flickered |
| they | flickered |
Pluperfect
| I | had flickered |
| you | had flickered |
| he;she;it | had flickered |
| we | had flickered |
| you | had flickered |
| they | had flickered |
Future
| I | will flicker |
| you | will flicker |
| he;she;it | will flicker |
| we | will flicker |
| you | will flicker |
| they | will flicker |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flickered |
| you | will have flickered |
| he;she;it | will have flickered |
| we | will have flickered |
| you | will have flickered |
| they | will have flickered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flicker |
| you | flicker |
| he;she;it | flicker |
| we | flicker |
| you | flicker |
| they | flicker |
Perfect
| I | have flickered |
| you | have flickered |
| he;she;it | have flickered |
| we | have flickered |
| you | have flickered |
| they | have flickered |
Imperfect
| I | flickered |
| you | flickered |
| he;she;it | flickered |
| we | flickered |
| you | flickered |
| they | flickered |
Pluperfect
| I | had flickered |
| you | had flickered |
| he;she;it | had flickered |
| we | had flickered |
| you | had flickered |
| they | had flickered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flicker |
| you | would flicker |
| he;she;it | would flicker |
| we | would flicker |
| you | would flicker |
| they | would flicker |
Perfect
| I | would have flickered |
| you | would have flickered |
| he;she;it | would have flickered |
| we | would have flickered |
| you | would have flickered |
| they | would have flickered |
Imperative
| you | flicker |
| we | Let's flicker |
| you | flicker |
Verbs conjugated like 'flicker'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flicker'
flacker,
flecker,
slicker,
bicker,
blicken,
blinker,
clinker,
dicker,
flanker,
flick,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
flicorian "to flutter, flap quickly and lightly," originally of birds. Onomatopoeic of quick motion. Sense of "shine with a wavering light" is 1605, but not common till 19c.
2. From Middle English flikeren (“to flutter”), from Old English flicerian, flicorian (“to flutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *flikurōn.
3. Akin to Saterland Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”),
4. West Frisian flikkerje (“to flicker”), Dutch flikkeren (“to flicker, flutter”), German Low German flickern (“to light up, flash, flicker”). Compare Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”), German flackern (“to flicker, flutter”), Old English flēogan (“to fly”). See: Middle English '
flikeren', Old English '
flicerian', Frisian, Saterlandic 'flikkerje', Dutch '
flikkeren', German, old spelling '
flackern'.
Verbs referencing "flicker"
Dutch
flikkeren, German, old spelling
flackern.
Sample Sentences
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[...] glided hither and thither on the boat. Nevertheless, the little one was not what you would have called either a grave child or a sad one. On the contrary, an airy and innocent playfulness seemed to flicker like the shadow of summer leaves over her childish face, and around her buoyant figure. She was always in motion, always with a half smile on her rosy mouth, flying hither and thither, with an [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and pale, the weather very hot, mosquitoes penetrating into every crack and crevice of the boat, mud and slime on everything: nothing pleasant in its aspect, but the harmless lightning which flickers every night upon the dark horizon.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The “ young un ” alluded to heard all these comments with the subdued and doleful air which seemed habitual to her, only scanning, with a keen and furtive glance of her flickering eyes, the ornaments which Jane wore in her ears. When arrayed at last in a suit of decent and whole clothing, her hair cropped short to her head, Miss Ophelia, with some satisfaction, said she [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The women went off to their cabins, and Tom sat alone, by the smouldering fire, that flickered up redly in his face.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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A night or two after this, Legree was sitting in the old sitting-room, by the side of a flickering wood fire, that threw uncertain glances round the room. It was a stormy, windy night, such as raises whole squadrons of nondescript noises in rickety old houses. Windows were rattling, shutters [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)