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TOEFL BNC: 15081 COCA: 12486

See also: flicker

TOEFL BNC: 15081 COCA: 12486

flickering

adjective

flick·​er·​ing ˈfli-k(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce flickering (audio)
: moving or shining irregularly or unsteadily
a flickering light
Everything was lit by dingy fluorescent bulbs, half of which were broken or flickering. Brian Selznick
also : uncertain and feeble
… he seems to have had only a flickering awareness of what he was doing … Robert Penn Warren
And some of the exclamation marks and the nostalgia for degradation revive flickering thoughts of Celine. Herbert Gold
The doctors said they couldn't stop the support measures needed to sustain so flickering a life without a court order. Arthur Allen
flickeringly adverb
a flickeringly lit room

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1544, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flickering was circa 1544
TOEFL BNC: 15081 COCA: 12486

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