See flicker in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To move quickly, lightly, and irregularly like a bird in flight:
flit, flitter, flutter, hover. See repetitionTo shine with intermittent gleams:
blink, flash, glimmer, twinkle, wink. See continue, light
noun
A sudden quick light:
blink, coruscation, flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, spark1, twinkle, wink. See light
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