Flickr
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Flickr
Where it comes from
From flick (“photograph”) + -er, suggested as an alteration of flicker by co-founder Caterina Fake after the domain owner of flicker.com refused to sell it.
proper noun
- An online social networking service that enables users to share photos. Today, popularity is typically a multialgorithmic measure. At Flickr, a photo's interestingness derives from views, comments, notes, bookmarks, favorites...
noun Flickrs
- An account on Flickr. Pics up on my Flickr.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: shutterstock, snapfish, instagram, depositphotos, linkedin, slideshare, shutterfly, tucows, flipboard, istock, picsart, slack technologies, digitalocean, tripadvisor, allrecipes.com, sprinklr
Talk about this word "Flickr." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flickr. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Flickr. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flickr "Flickr." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/flickr.Cite this
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