flicker

to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh Synonyms of flicker dance, dart, flick, flit, flirt, flitter, flutter, zipWords Related to flicker dash, fly, sail, shoot, speed, sprint, zing, zoom; scamper, scud, scurry, scuttle, skip, skitter; meander, ramble, roam, wanderNear Antonyms of flicker float, hang, hover

1 a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track as a child, the future director would spend hours sitting in the theater, totally entranced by the flickers Synonyms of flicker film, flick, movie, motion picture, moving picture, pictureWords Related to flicker animated cartoon, cartoon, docudrama, documentary, feature, featurette, short, short subject; silent, talkie; B movie, B picture, cofeature

2 a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity usually there's a flicker in car sales when the new models come out Synonyms of flicker burst, flare, flare-up, flash, outbreak, flurry, flutter, outburst, spurtWords Related to flicker recrudescence, recurrence, renewal; binge, jag, spree; boost, increase, pickup, upswing, upturn; epidemic, eruption, explosion, paroxysm; deluge, flood, rush, spate, surge, volley; commotion, furor, uproarNear Antonyms of flicker calm, doldrums, slump

3 an almost imperceptible sign of something there was a flicker of recognition in her eye when I mentioned his name, but she denied knowing him Synonyms of flicker breath, hint, glimmer, suggestion, tang, touch, trace, whiffWords Related to flicker inkling, intimation, scent, wind; evidence, indication, mark, signNear Antonyms of flicker permeation, pervasion, saturation