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English
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.
Verb
flacker (third-person singular simple present flackers, present participle flackering, simple past and past participle flackered)
- (intransitive) To flutter like a bird.
- (intransitive) To flicker; to quiver.
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Verb
flacker
- inflection of flackern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative