Flicker

flik'er, v. i. [-eeed (-5rd), -ering.] To flutter, flap without flying, waver or fluctuate, like flame in a current of air; to blaze fitfully, as dying fire or lamp. — n. Fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightne . (Ornith.) The golden headed woodpecker, Yellow-hammer. Flier, Flight, Flighty. 'See under Fly.