flikker

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch flikkeren.

Pronunciation

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Verb

flikker (present flikker, present participle flikkerende, past participle geflikker)

1. to flash, to flicker

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɪ.kər/

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• Hyphenation: flik‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɪkər

Etymology 1

Possibly related to flikken (“to do, pull off”), flikkeren (“to flicker”), or frik (“narrow-minded schoolteacher”).

Noun

flikker m (plural flikkers, diminutive flikkertje n)

1. A mender, fixer, someone who mends or fixes

   Synonyms: fikser, reparateur

2. A jump while clicking the heels
3. A human body, especially when in the nude

   Synonym: lijf

4. (Netherlands) A whit or jot

   Synonyms: moer, zier

   Maakt me geen flikker uit.

   I don’t care a jot.

5. (vulgar, offensive, derogatory) A homosexual male; a queer, faggot.

   Synonyms: homo, janet, mietje, zemmel

Derived terms

• flikkerbeweging
• flikkerig
• in z'n flikker (“in the bare”)
• kankerflikker
• op z'n flikker geven (“to give a beating”)
• opflikkeren (“to sod off”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

flikker

1. inflection of flikkeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “flikker1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute