Flibbergib
(Flib"ber*gib) n. A sycophant. [Obs. & Humorous.] "Flatterers and flibbergibs." Latimer.
Flibbertigibbet
(Flib"ber*ti*gib`bet) n. An imp. Shak.
Flibustier
(||Fli`bus`tier") n. [F.] A buccaneer; an American pirate. See Filibuster. [Obs.]
Flick
(Flick) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flicked (flikt); p. pr. & vb. n. Flicking.] [Cf. Flicker.] To whip lightly
or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. Thackeray.
Flick
(Flick), n. A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.
Flicker
(Flick"er) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flickered (-erd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flickering.] [OE. flikeren, flekeren,
to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D. flikkeren to sparkle. &radic84. Cf. Flacker.]
1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing.
Dryden. 2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
The shadows flicker to fro.
Tennyson. Flicker
(Flick"er), n.
1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last
flicker of the dying flame.
2. (Zoöl.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); — so called from its spring note. Called
also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca.
The cackle of the flicker among the oaks.
Thoureau. Flickeringly
(Flick"ering*ly), adv. In a flickering manner.
Flickermouse
(Flick"er*mouse`) n. (Zoöl.) See Flittermouse.
Flidge
(Flidge) a. Fledged; fledge. [Obs.] Holland.
Flidge
(Flidge), v. i. To become fledged; to fledge. [Obs.]
Every day build their nests, every hour flidge.
R. Greene. Flier
(Fli"er) n. [Form Fly, v.; cf. Flyer]
1. One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive. Shak.
2. (Mach.) A fly. See Fly, n., 9, and 13 (b).
3. (Spinning) See Flyer, n., 5.
