Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flickr

/flˈɪkɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: flickr
IPA: /flˈɪkɚ/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An online social networking service that enables users to share photos.

noun

An account on Flickr.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Today, popularity is typically a multialgorithmic measure. At Flickr, a photo's interestingness derives from views, comments, notes, bookmarks, favorites..."
"Pics up on my Flickr."
"Seriously, check out pics on my Flickr."
"My Flickr has some new pictures of St Stan's in Cleveland, Oh"
"The most complete collection of notgeld online comes courtesy of Brooklynite Miguel Oks, whose German ancestors began archiving the bills in the 1930s—thousands of which you can see on his Flickr."

Etymology

From flick (“photograph”) + -er, suggested as an alteration of flicker by co-founder Caterina Fake after the domain owner of flicker.com refused to sell it.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: flick

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

Flickrs (plural)

Derived Forms

Flickrer Flickrite

Rhymes With

liquor quicker sticker thicker kicker vicar flicker ticker wicker picker sicker clicker

Questions

How do you pronounce flickr?: The recorded pronunciation is /flˈɪkɚ/.
What does flickr mean?: An online social networking service that enables users to share photos.
Where does flickr come from?: From flick (“photograph”) + -er, suggested as an alteration of flicker by co-founder Caterina Fake after the domain owner of flicker.com refused to sell it.

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