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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. move back and forth very rapidly;
- Example: "the candle flickered"
[syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. i. To flutter. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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