Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blicker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: blick-er
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To flicker, to shine or reflect light intermittently.

noun

Slang

Example Sentences

"For quotations using this term, see Citations:blicker."
"[…] he did not see the lights flicker or blicker upon the approach of a train; that they were out of order. […] At the time of the accident, at about 7:30 P. M., he was within close proximity to the accident, and did not see the blickering or flickering of the lights and did not hear any blasts or whistles from the train."
"War zone, I'm on my way to school, got my blicker tucked"

Etymology

From dialectal *blick (Middle English bliken) + -er (frequentative), undoubtedly influenced by flicker.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

blickers (present, singular) blickering (participle, present) blickered (participle, past) blickered (past) blickers (plural)

Questions

What does blicker mean?: To flicker, to shine or reflect light intermittently.
Where does blicker come from?: From dialectal *blick (Middle English bliken) + -er (frequentative), undoubtedly influenced by flicker.

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