FLACKER

Etymology

Verb

flacker (third-person singular simple present flackers, present participle flackering, simple past and past participle flackered)

(intransitive) To flutter like a bird.

(intransitive) To flicker; to quiver.

Anagrams

• Fackler

Source: Wiktionary


Flack"er, v. i. Etym: [OE. flakeren, fr. flacken to move quickly to and fro; cf. icel. flakka to rove about, AS. flacor fluttering, flying, G. flackern to flare, flicker.]

Definition: To flutter, as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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