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Definition of Flacker
1. v. i. To flutter, as a bird.
Definition of Flacker
1. Verb. to flutter as a bird ¹
2. Verb. to flicker, quiver ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flacker
1. to flap [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: flap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flacker
Literary usage of Flacker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in by B. Kirkby (1898)
"flacker—Palpitate. All's o' in a flacker wi' runnin'. . FLESH-MEAT—Butcher meat.
... flacker—A good flacker is one who can neatly cut a flack or ..."
2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"(3) To move backwards and forwards ; to palpitate. flacker in Craven Gloss, i.
152. ... flacker. To flutter ; to quiver. North. ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"232; of which the later form flacker occurs in Coverdale's Bible, Ezek. x. ...
to flutter = E. flacker; Du. flikkeren, to sparkle = E. flicker. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"FLACK. (1) A blow, or stroke. East. (2) To hang loosely. Far. dial. (3) To move
backwards and forwards ; to palpitate, flacker in Craven Gloss, i. 152. ..."
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