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flacker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
flack-er
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To flutter like a bird.

Intransitive verb

verb

To flicker; to quiver.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English flakeren (“to flutter, waver”), from Old English *flacorian, from Proto-West Germanic *flakurōn, from Proto-Germanic *flakurōną (“to flutter”), related to Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”). Sometimes regarded as a frequentative, equivalent to flack + -er (frequentative suffix). Akin to Middle Dutch flakkeren (“to flicker, waver”), German flackern (“to flare, flicker, flutter”), Icelandic flökra (“to flutter”), Icelandic flakka (“to rove about”), Old English flacor (“flying, fluttering”). See also flack, flicker.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: flakeren, *flacorian, *flakurōn, *flakurōną

Usage

Inflected Forms

flackers (present, singular) flackering (participle, present) flackered (participle, past) flackered (past)

Questions

What does flacker mean?
To flutter like a bird.
Where does flacker come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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