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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A handgun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To flicker, to shine or reflect light intermittently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From clicker, with the initial "C" replaced with "B" in Blood slang.
From dialectal *blick (Middle English bliken) + -er (frequentative), undoubtedly influenced by flicker.
