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flick·er1 (flĭḱər)

[Middle English flikeren, to flutter, from Old English flicerian.]

verb: -ered, -er·ing, -ers. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To move waveringly; flutter: shadows flickering on the wall.
  2. To burn unsteadily or fitfully.

transitive verb 

To cause to move waveringly.

noun 

  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.
flick·er2 (flĭḱər)

[Perhaps from flick1.]

noun 

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.