"blicker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blickers [plural]
Etymology: From clicker, with the initial "C" replaced with "B" in Blood slang. Etymology templates: {{from|en|clicker}} clicker Head templates: {{en-noun}} blicker (plural blickers)
  1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A handgun. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-blicker-en-noun-2u6RHi~J Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: blickers [present, singular, third-person], blickering [participle, present], blickered [participle, past], blickered [past]
Etymology: From dialectal *blick (Middle English bliken) + -er (frequentative), undoubtedly influenced by flicker. Etymology templates: {{cog|enm|bliken}} Middle English bliken, {{glossary|frequentative}} frequentative, {{af|en|-er|id1=verbal frequentative|pos1=frequentative}} -er (frequentative) Head templates: {{en-verb}} blicker (third-person singular simple present blickers, present participle blickering, simple past and past participle blickered)
  1. To flicker, to shine or reflect light intermittently.
    Sense id: en-blicker-en-verb-CNOZlbf5 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (verbal frequentative)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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