Found 2 items, similar to flitter.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: flitter
flitter
v : move back and forth very rapidly;
“the candle flickered”
[syn:
flicker,
waver,
flutter,
quiver]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Flitter
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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