Flăck'er, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [N. H. Ger. flackern, to flare, flash, blaze, to flutter as a bird; flattern, to flit, flirt, flutter, O. H. Ger. flogarōn, flokarōn, to flutter, to blaze, Icel. flögra, O. D. flaggheren, to flutter.] To flutter as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.