Synonyms for flitter

Grammar : Verb

Spell : flit-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈflɪt ər

Top 10 synonyms for flitter

Other synonyms for the word flitter

waver
zip

Définition of flitter

Origin : 1540s, from flit with frequentative suffix. Flitter-mouse (1540s) is occasionally used in English, in imitation of German fledermaus "bat," from Old High German fledaron "to flutter." Related: Flittered; flittering. As a noun, from 1892.

verb flutter

Example sentences :

The tiny control room of the flitter grew hotter and hotter.
Extract from : « The Vortex Blaster » by Edward Elmer Smith

The flitter was not even out of the crater when the bomb went off.
Extract from : « The Vortex Blaster » by Edward Elmer Smith

"I'll have everything on the tapes in the flitter," Cloud reminded.
Extract from : « The Vortex Blaster » by Edward Elmer Smith

The fact is there was not one who really knew anything about Flitter.
Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess

Mrs. Flitter carries her babies about with her until they are quite big.
Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess

Flitter's arm was long, especially from his elbow to his hand.
Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess

He looked to the southwest where a flitter was growing larger as it approached.
Extract from : « Operation Haystack » by Frank Patrick Herbert

Webber beckoned and she nudged him to move out of the flitter.
Extract from : « The Stars, My Brothers » by Edmond Hamilton

Did you ever see him cut circles in the air like Flitter the Bat?
Extract from : « Mother West Wind "How" Stories » by Thornton W. Burgess

I think she is just flitter and frosting—just a Christmas-card.
Extract from : « The Ship Dwellers » by Albert Bigelow Paine

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