Friday, May 18, 2018

A nothing flickers.

A nothing flickers.

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flicker1
ˈflɪkə/
verb
verb: flicker; 3rd person present: flickers; past tense: flickered; past participle: flickered; gerund or present participle: flickering
  1. 1.
    (of light or a source of light) shine unsteadily; vary rapidly in brightness.

    "the interior lights flickered, and came on"

    synonyms:glimmerglintgleamflareshinedancegutterMore
    antonyms:burn steadily
    • (of a flame) burn fitfully, alternately flaring up and dying down.

      "the candle flickered again"
    • (of an emotion) be felt or shown briefly or faintly.

      "amusement flickered briefly in his eyes"
  2. 2.
    make small, quick movements.

    "her eyelids flickered"

    synonyms:flutterquivervibratetremblewobbleshivershudderspasmjerktwitchbatflapwinkblink, open and shut; More
    • (of someone's eyes) move quickly in a particular direction in order to look at something.

      "her alert hazel eyes flickered around the room"
noun
noun: flicker; plural noun: flickers
  1. 1.
    an unsteady movement of a flame or light causing rapid variations in brightness.

    "the flicker of a candle flame caught our eyes"
    • fluctuations in the brightness of a film or television image such as occur when the number of frames per second is too small for persistence of vision.
  2. 2.
    a tiny movement.

    "the flicker of an eyelid"
    • a brief feeling or indication of emotion.

      "a flicker of a smile passed across her face"
Origin
Old English flicorianflycerian ‘to flutter’, probably of Germanic origin and related to Low German flickern and Dutch flikkeren .
flicker2
ˈflɪkə/
noun
  1. an American woodpecker that often feeds on ants on the ground.
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nothing
ˈnʌθɪŋ/
pronoun
pronoun: nothing; plural noun: nothings
  1. 1.
    not anything; no single thing.

    "I said nothing"

    synonyms:not a thing, not a single thing, not anything, nothing at all, nilzeroMore
    antonyms:something
    • something of no importance or concern.

      "‘What are you laughing at?’ ‘Oh, nothing, sir’"

      synonyms:a matter of no importance/consequence, a trifling matter, a trifle, a piece of trivia, a (mere) bagatelle; More

    • (in calculations) no amount; nought.
      synonyms:zeronought, 0; More
adjective
informal
adjective: nothing
  1. 1.
    having no prospect of progress; of no value.

    "he had a series of nothing jobs"
adverb
adverb: nothing
  1. 1.
    not at all.

    "a man who cared nothing for her"
    • NORTH AMERICANinformal
      used to contradict something emphatically.

      "‘This is a surprise.’ ‘Surprise nothing.’"
Origin
Old English nān thing (see nothing).
Translate nothing to
Use over time for: nothing
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