"blicker" meaning in English

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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: {{m|en||*blick}} *blick, {{cog|enm|bliken}} Middle English bliken, {{glossary|frequentative}} frequentative, {{af|en|-er|id1=verbal frequentative|pos1=frequentative}} -er (frequentative), {{m|en|flicker}} flicker 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

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for blicker meaning in English (2.0kB)

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