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as in movies
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track
as a child, the future director would spend hours sitting in the theater, totally entranced by the flickers
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as in flurries
a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity
usually there's a flicker in car sales when the new models come out
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as in hints
an almost imperceptible sign of something
there was a flicker of recognition in her eye when I mentioned his name, but she denied knowing him
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as in flits
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh
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