flicker

1. A momentary flash of light (synset 107426910)
   is a type of: flash - a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
   same as: glint, spark
2. North American woodpecker (synset 101842239)
   is a type of: pecker, peckerwood, woodpecker - bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
   subtypes:

   • colaptes auratus, yellow-shafted flicker, yellowhammer - large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail
   • colaptes chrysoides, gilded flicker - southwestern United States bird like the yellow-shafted flicker but lacking the red neck
   • colaptes caper collaris, red-shafted flicker - western United States bird with red undersurface to wings and tail
   belongs to: colaptes, genus colaptes - a genus of Picidae
3. The act of moving back and forth (synset 100349397)
   is a type of: motility, motion, move, movement - a change of position that does not entail a change of location
   same as: flutter, waver

1. Move back and forth very rapidly (synset 201882712)
   "the candle flickered"
   is a type of: move back and forth - move in one direction and then into the opposite direction
   same as: flitter, flutter, quiver, waver
2. Shine unsteadily (synset 202769567)
   "The candle flickered"
   is a type of: beam, shine - emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
   same as: flick
3. Flash intermittently (synset 202164607)
   "The lights flicked on and off"
   is a type of: blink, flash, twinkle, wink, winkle - gleam or glow intermittently
   same as: flick

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