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Webster 1913 Edition

Flacker

Flack′er

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
flakeren
, fr.
flacken
to move quickly to and fro; cf. icel.
flakka
to rove about, AS.
flacor
fluttering, flying, G.
flackern
to flare, flicker.]
To flutter, as a bird.
[Prov. Eng.]
Grose.

Definition 2024

flacker

flacker

English

Verb

flacker ‎(third-person singular simple present flackers, present participle flackering, simple past and past participle flackered)

  1. to flutter as a bird
    And the cherubins flackered with their wings. --Ezek. x. 19 (Coverdale's translation)
  2. to flicker, quiver

German

Verb

flacker

  1. First-person singular present of flackern.
  2. Imperative singular of flackern.

Etymology

From Middle English flakeren ‎(“to flutter, waver”), frequentative of Middle English flaken ‎(“to move quickly back and forth”), equivalent to flack +‎ -er. Akin to Old 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.

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