You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
Flickers
plural of Flicker
• frickles
flickers
plural of flicker
flickers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flicker
• frickles
Source: Wiktionary
Flick"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flickered; p. pr. & vb. n. Flickering.] Etym: [OE. flikeren, flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D. flikkeren to sparkle. Flacker.]
1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying. And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. Dryden.
2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light. The shadows flicker to fro. Tennyson.
Flick"er, n.
1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca. The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. Thoureau.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 May 2024
(noun) some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; “the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals”
You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.