flickers
Burns unsteadily, briefly
Flickers names the action of flickering—unsteady light that wavers or pulses irregularly: The candle flickers in the draft.
Eyes flicker when they move rapidly or blink; a smile flickers across a face when it appears briefly.
As a noun, flickers are instances of this wavering: flickers of light, flickers of hope.
A flicker is also a North American woodpecker with spotted plumage.
Shine with flickering light
- shimmerTremulous, wavering light
- glimmerFaint, wavering light
- flashBrief burst of light
- sparkleEmit flashing light
glow · candlelight · firelight · strobe · neon · fluorescent · blinking · wavering
Tree-drilling bird
- sapsuckerBird feeding on tree fluids
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- undulatingMoving in waves
- nestingMaking a dwelling
cavity · insectivorous · foraging · plumage · birder · ornithology · perch · feathers
twinkle
Shine with flickering light
sparkle · glow · candlelight · firelight · strobe · neon · fluorescent · blinking · wavering · unsteady
woodpecker
Tree-drilling bird
- sapsuckerBird feeding on tree fluids
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- undulatingMoving in waves
nesting · cavity · insectivorous · foraging · plumage · birder · ornithology · perch · feathers · beak
- fluctuationsfluctuations, oscillations, variations, swings, waves
- insectivoresshrew, anteaters, ant-eaters, hedgehog, echidnas
- faint signshints, traces, inklings, whispers, glimpses
- flickering lightsIllumination that stutters
- flickering flame
- flickering images
- screen flickerRapid visual pulsing on monitors
- forked tongue flicker
- flea flickerMisdirection gridiron maneuver