flitter
1 of 2verb
flit·ter ˈfli-tər 
flittered; flittering; flitters
intransitive verb
: flutter, flicker
flitter
2 of 2noun
: one that flits
Synonyms
Verb
- dance
- dart
- flick
- flicker
- flirt
- flit
- flutter
- zip
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Example Sentences
Verb the birds flittered back and forth between the backyard feeder and the safety of the trees
Recent Examples on the Web
Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2021 And what better way to celebrate spring than walking through an atrium flittering with colorful butterflies? BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2018 How about hexagonal gridding that evokes a honeycomb forged by flittering bees? Lee Williams, OregonLive.com, 21 May 2017 But few have paid attention to the moths, hover flies, beetles, and countless other insects that buzz and flitter through the warm months. Pam Mandel, Longreads, 14 May 2017 Quanta Magazine, 16 Jan. 2018 More than 1,000 butterflies flitter among a natural-rock waterfall, palms, and even orchids. Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 12 June 2018 See More
Verb
Scrub jays are those large blue birds that flitter around urban and wild L.A. Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2021 And what better way to celebrate spring than walking through an atrium flittering with colorful butterflies? BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2018 How about hexagonal gridding that evokes a honeycomb forged by flittering bees? Lee Williams, OregonLive.com, 21 May 2017 But few have paid attention to the moths, hover flies, beetles, and countless other insects that buzz and flitter through the warm months. Pam Mandel, Longreads, 14 May 2017 Noun
Physics contains equations that describe everything from the stretching of space-time to the flitter of photons. Quanta Magazine, 16 Jan. 2018 More than 1,000 butterflies flitter among a natural-rock waterfall, palms, and even orchids. Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 12 June 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
frequentative of flit
First Known Use
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1554, in the meaning defined above
flitter
verb
as in to flit
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements the birds flittered back and forth between the backyard feeder and the safety of the trees Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- flit
- flutter
- dart
- dance
- fly
- flick
- scurry
- flicker
- zip
- flirt
- wander
- sail
- speed
- scuttle
- zing
- sprint
- roam
- skitter
- zoom
- scud
- skip
- meander
- dash
- scamper
- ramble
- shoot
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- float
- hang
- hover