Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. i.
To flutter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. t.
To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.]
--Lowell.
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Flitter \Flit"ter\, n. [Cf. G. flitter spangle, tinsel, flittern
to make a tremulous motion, to glitter. Cf. Flitter, v. i.]
A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
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flitter
v : move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
[syn: flicker, waver, flutter, quiver]
WordNet (r) 2.0
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "flitter":
beat, beating, bicker, dance, flap, flick, flicker, flip, flit,
flop, flutter, go pitapat, gutter, hover, palpitate, palpitation,
pitapat, pitter-patter, pulse, quaver, quiver, shake, slat,
splutter, sputter, teeter, throb, wave, waver
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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