[ UK /flˈɪtɐ/ ]
VERB
  1. move back and forth very rapidly
    the candle flickered
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How To Use flitter In A Sentence

  • It is only here that fish no bigger than trout kill swimmers, and bats the size of the ordinary “flittermice” of the northern hemisphere drain the life-blood of big beasts and of man himself. VI. Through the Highland Wilderness of Western Brazil
  • “But me no buts! or depart as recreant, not by the door like a man, but up the chimney like a flittermouse.” Westward Ho!
  • It is only here that fish no bigger than trout kill swimmers, and bats the size of the ordinary "flittermice" of the northern hemisphere drain the life-blood of big beasts and of man himself. Through the Brazilian Wilderness
  • Right -- _a flittermouse_!" agreed Ruth, suddenly bursting into a laugh. Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace
  • The flittern bark of this season was dried on stages, having been taken off the young oaks after they had been felled; but the process was not found to answer. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account
  • I'm honestly not that interested, as it was just the flitter of a thought that coalesced recently and I was mostly throwing it out here to see if there was any weight to it.
  • His gaze softened as a knowing expression flittered over his face. Secrets Never Told
  • He could almost tell what it was to be a bird, a nightbug, a butterfly, twirling and swirling, dancing upon the high currents, dodging limbs and weaving through flowers, flittering and fluttering ever so high, unimaginably high.
  • Hannah Maddock was flittering about her bedroom when the door creaked open, and Therese walked in, carrying a pile of clothes under the crook of one arm.
  • Other than a gash of red banners over the communal table - and the flitter of phosphorescing fish in the tanks that separate the dining room from the kitchen - it is a color-free zone.
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