"flacker" meaning in All languages combined

See flacker on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: flackers [present, singular, third-person], flackering [participle, present], flackered [participle, past], flackered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English flakeren (“to flutter, waver”), from Old English *flacorian, from Proto-West Germanic *flakurōn, from Proto-Germanic *flakurōną (“to flutter”), related to Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”). Sometimes regarded as a frequentative, equivalent to flack + -er (frequentative suffix). Akin to Middle Dutch flakkeren (“to flicker, waver”), German flackern (“to flare, flicker, flutter”), Icelandic flökra (“to flutter”), Icelandic flakka (“to rove about”), Old English flacor (“flying, fluttering”). See also flack, flicker. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flakeren|t=to flutter, waver}} Middle English flakeren (“to flutter, waver”), {{inh|en|ang|*flacorian}} Old English *flacorian, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*flakurōn}} Proto-West Germanic *flakurōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*flakurōną|t=to flutter}} Proto-Germanic *flakurōną (“to flutter”), {{cog|ang|flacor|t=flickering, fluttering}} Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”), {{af|en|flack|-er|id2=verbal frequentative|pos2=frequentative suffix}} flack + -er (frequentative suffix), {{cog|dum|flakkeren||to flicker, waver}} Middle Dutch flakkeren (“to flicker, waver”), {{cog|de|flackern||to flare, flicker, flutter}} German flackern (“to flare, flicker, flutter”), {{cog|is|flökra||to flutter}} Icelandic flökra (“to flutter”), {{cog|is|flakka||to rove about}} Icelandic flakka (“to rove about”), {{cog|ang|flacor||flying, fluttering}} Old English flacor (“flying, fluttering”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} flacker (third-person singular simple present flackers, present participle flackering, simple past and past participle flackered)
  1. (intransitive) To flutter like a bird. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-flacker-en-verb-wdM9LgsV
  2. (intransitive) To flicker; to quiver. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-flacker-en-verb-cet9FYes Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (verbal frequentative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (verbal frequentative): 29 71

Verb [German]

Audio: De-flacker.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|verb form}} flacker
  1. inflection of flackern:
    first-person singular present
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular Form of: flackern
    Sense id: en-flacker-de-verb-484GFOqQ Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 32 45 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 26 57 11 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 66 34
  2. inflection of flackern:
    singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: flackern
    Sense id: en-flacker-de-verb-J86jrt~3

Inflected forms

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