flitter

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

flitter
    v 1: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
         [syn: {flicker}, {waver}, {flitter}, {flutter}, {quiver}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. i.
   To flutter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. t.
   To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.]
   --Lowell.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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