flacker
English
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.
Alternatively, the Middle English word may descend from Old English *flacorian, a derivative of Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”).
Verb
flacker (third-person singular simple present flackers, present participle flackering, simple past and past participle flackered)
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