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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɪ.kər/

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• Hyphenation: flik‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɪkər

Noun

flikker m (plural flikkers, diminutive flikkertje n)

1. A mender, fixer, someone who mends or fixes
2. A jump while clicking the heels
3. A human body, especially when in the nude
4. (Netherlands) A bit

   Maakt me geen flikker uit.

   I don’t care a bit.

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

Synonyms

• (mender): fikser, reparateur
• (human body): lijf
• (bit): moer, zier
• (homosexual): homo, janet

Derived terms

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

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