Flitter

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. i.
     To flutter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. t.
     To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.]
     --Lowell.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flitter
       v : move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
           [syn: {flicker}, {waver}, {flutter}, {quiver}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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