blicker

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English

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Etymology 1

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From dialectal *blick (Middle English bliken) + -er (frequentative), undoubtedly influenced by flicker.

Verb

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blicker (third-person singular simple present blickers, present participle blickering, simple past and past participle blickered)

  1. To flicker, to shine or reflect light intermittently.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:blicker.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Supreme Court Papers on Appeal, Supreme Court (New York), Affidavit of Samuel Schindler, in a matter of Hammersmith, Schindler et al. vs. New York, Onario & Western Railway Company, regarding injuries sustained on July 31, 1932, page 45 (combined volume page 133):
      [] he did not see the lights flicker or blicker upon the approach of a train; that they were out of order. [] At the time of the accident, at about 7:30 P. M., he was within close proximity to the accident, and did not see the blickering or flickering of the lights and did not hear any blasts or whistles from the train.

Etymology 2

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From clicker, with the initial "C" replaced with "B" in Blood slang.

Noun

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blicker (plural blickers)

  1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A handgun.
    • 2020 May 15, “No Matter What” (0:19 from the start), in The Goat[1], performed by Polo G:
      War zone, I'm on my way to school, got my blicker tucked

References

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  • blicker”, in The Right Rhymes, launched 2013.