different between flacker vs flacket

English

Etymology

From Middle English flakeren (“to flutter, waver”), frequentative of Middle English flaken (“to move quickly back and forth”), equivalent to flack +? -er (frequentative suffix).

Akin to Middle Dutch flakkeren (“to flicker, waver”), German flackern (“to flare, flicker, flutter”), Icelandic flökra (“to flutter”), Icelandic flakka (“to rove about”), Old English flacor (“flying, fluttering”). See also flack, flicker.

Alternatively, the Middle English word may descend from Old English *flacorian, a derivative of Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”).

Verb

flacker (third-person singular simple present flackers, present participle flackering, simple past and past participle flackered)

1. (intransitive) To flutter like a bird.
   • 1535, Myles Coverdale, Bible, Ezekiel x. 19

     And the cherubins flackered with their wings.

2. (intransitive) To flicker; to quiver.

Anagrams

• Fackler

German

Pronunciation

Verb

flacker

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

English

Etymology

From Old French flasquet (“little flask”), diminutive of flasque (“a flask”).

Noun

flacket (plural flackets)

1. A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.