flitter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb move back and forth very rapidly
    flicker; quiver; flutter; waver.
    • the candle flickered

WordNet

Flit"ter intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To flutter. Obs. Chaucer.
Flit"ter transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. R. Lowell.
Flit"ter noun
Etymology
Cf. G. flitter spangle, tinsel, flittern to make a tremulous motion, to glitter. Cf. Flitter, v. i.
Definitions
  1. A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.

Webster 1913