Flickering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flicker
Flicker (v. i.) To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
Flicker (v. i.) To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
Flicker (n.) The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.
Flicker (n.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca.
Flickeringly (adv.) In a flickering manner.
Flickermouse (n.) See Flittermouse.
Flidge (a.) Fledged; fledge.
Flidge (v. i.) To become fledged; to fledge.
Flier (v.) One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive.
Flier (v.) A fly. See Fly, n., 9, and 13 (b).
Flier (n.) See Flyer, n., 5.
Flier (n.) See Flyer, n., 4.
Flight (n.) The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
Flight (n.) The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure.
Flight (n.) Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa/ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
Flight (n.) A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows.
Flight (n.) A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
Flight (n.) A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.
Flight (n.) The husk or glume of oats.
Flighted (a.) Taking flight; flying; -- used in composition.
Flighted (a.) Feathered; -- said of arrows.
Flighter (n.) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor.
Flightily (adv.) In a flighty manner.
Flightiness (n.) The state or quality of being flighty.
Flight-shot (n.) The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile.
Flighty (a.) Fleeting; swift; transient.
Flighty (a.) Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty delirious.
Flimflam (n.) A freak; a trick; a lie.
Flimsily (adv.) In a flimsy manner.
Flimsiness (n.) The state or quality of being flimsy.
Flimsy (superl.) Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse, objection.
Flimsy (n.) Thin or transfer paper.
Flimsy (n.) A bank note.
Flinched (imp. & p. p.) of Flinch
Flinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flinch
Flinch (v. i.) To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat.
Flinch (v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
Flinch (n.) The act of flinching.
Flincher (n.) One who flinches or fails.
Flinchingly (adv.) In a flinching manner.
Flindermouse (n.) A bat; a flittermouse.
Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
Flung (imp. & p. p.) of Fling
Flinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fling
Fling (v. t.) To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.
Fling (v. t.) To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
Fling (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.
Fling (v. i.) To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.
Fling (v. i.) To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.
Fling (v. i.) To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.
Fling (n.) A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse.
Fling (n.) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
Fling (n.) A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.
Fling (n.) A trifing matter; an object of contempt.
Flingdust (n.) One who kicks up the dust; a streetwalker; a low manner.
Flinger (n.) One who flings; one who jeers.
Flint (n.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel.
Flint (n.) A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks.
Flint (n.) Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint.
Flint glass () A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass.
Flint-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted.
Flintiness (n.) The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty.
Flintlock (n.) A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.
Flintlock (n.) A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.
Flintware (n.) A superior kind of earthenware into whose composition flint enters largely.
Flintwood (n.) An Australian name for the very hard wood of the Eucalyptus piluralis.
Flinty (superl.) Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart.
Flip (n.) A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.
Flipped (imp. & p. p.) of Flip
Flipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flip
Flip (v. t.) To toss or fillip; as, to flip up a cent.
Flipe (v. t.) To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as a stocking in pulling off or for putting on.
Flip-flap (n.) The repeated stroke of something long and loose.
Flip-flap (adv.) With repeated strokes and noise, as of something long and loose.
Flippancy (n.) The state or quality of being flippant.
Flippant (a.) Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.
Flippant (a.) Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant.
Flippant (n.) A flippant person.
Flippantly (adv.) In a flippant manner.
Flippantness (n.) State or quality of being flippant.
Flipper (n.) A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, sea turtles, whales, etc.
Flipper (n.) The hand.
Flirted (imp. & p. p.) of Flirt
Flirting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flirt
Flirt (v. t.) To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief.
Flirt (v. t.) To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan.
Flirt (v. t.) To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock.
Flirt (v. i.) To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men.
Flirt (v. i.) To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe.
Flirt (n.) A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer.
Flirt (v. t.) One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl.
Flirt (a.) Pert; wanton.
Flirtation (n.) Playing at courtship; coquetry.
Flirt-gill (n.) A woman of light behavior; a gill-flirt.
Flirtigig (n.) A wanton, pert girl.
Flirtingly (adv.) In a flirting manner.
Flisk (v. i.) To frisk; to skip; to caper.
Flisk (n.) A caper; a spring; a whim.
Flitted (imp. & p. p.) of Flit