| Pronunciation: | | 'flitur
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| Matching Terms: | | flittering, flittermouse, flittern
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| | Definition: | | [v] move back and forth very rapidly, as of a candle |
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| | Synonyms: | | flicker, flutter, quiver, waver |
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| | See Also: | | move back and forth |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Flit"ter\, v. i.
To flutter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Flit"ter\, v. t.
To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.]
--Lowell.
\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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