flicker

flicker
v
1. twinkle, sparkle, glimmer, blink, shimmer; glint, glitter, glisten, Archaic. glister, burn unsteadily; spark, scintillate, flame, flare or flare up; flash, fulgurate, gleam, streak, glare, coruscate; glow, shine, luminesce, incandesce, phosphoresce.
2. waver, sway, wave to and fro; quiver, shiver, ripple; oscillate, fluctuate, vacillate; quaver, shake, quake, tremble, twitter, shudder; undulate, vibrate, pulsate, throb; jerk, twitch, vellicate, jump.
3. flutter, hover, flit, flirt, dance; glint, flash, whisk, skin; glide, wing, fly; dart, dartle, move quickly.
n
4. flame, spark, scintilla, scintillation, unsteady or tremulous light; shimmer, shimmering, glimmer, glimmering, flickering, blink, glitter, glittering, glint, glinting; twinkle, twinkling, sparkle, sparkling, glistening, Archaic. glistering; flash, fulguration, gleam, gleaming, glare, coruscation; glow, incandescence, brilliance, refulgence, radiance; luminosity, luminance, phosphorescence, refulgence; shine, sheen, gloss, luster.
5. glimmering, inkling, glint; trace, vestige, scintilla; indication, evidence, impression; brief occurrence or appearance, apparition; emergence, rise, coming, advent; happening, incident, incidence, circumstance, situation, event.

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