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FLITTER
flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
(verb) move back and forth very rapidly; “the candle flickered”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
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.
Noun
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
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