flacker

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.

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

Anagrams

• Fackler

Verb

flacker

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