Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
(verb) move back and forth very rapidly; “the candle flickered”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flitter (third-person singular simple present flitters, present participle flittering, simple past and past participle flittered)
To scatter in pieces.
To move about rapidly and nimbly.
To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
To flutter or quiver.
flitter (plural flitters)
A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis.
(science fiction) A small aircraft or spacecraft.
Source: Wiktionary
Flit"ter, v. i.
Definition: To flutter. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Flit"ter, v. t.
Definition: To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.] Lowell.
Flit"ter, n. Etym: [Cf. G. flitter spangle, tinsel, flittern to make a tremulous motion, to glitter. Cf. Flitter, v. i.]
Definition: A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 May 2024
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.