flacker

intransitive verb

flack·​er

ˈflakə(r)

-ed/-ing/-s

dialectal, England

: flutter, palpitate

Word History

Etymology

Middle English flakeren; akin to Middle Dutch flackeren to flutter, Middle High German vlackern to flicker, Old Norse flökra to roam around, and perhaps to Latin plangere to beat

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