flick • er v., flutter or move unsteadily; burn or shine fitfully. In the sunlight, gleams of gold seemed to flicker on top of the waves.

ca • per v., leap or prance about in a playful manner. Our new puppy capers about, leaping and skittering across the floor to meet us when we come home from school.

din n., loud, continued noise. Whenever you walk by the door of the school’s music room and hear the students who have just begun to learn musical instruments practicing, the din is dreadful.