flitter /ˈflɪtɚ/noun 5verb 4forms 3 noun5 •A fluttering movementA waxing moon riding high in the sky and a flitter of bats about the rooftops, dipping and swerving as they gathered up the gnats that danced there in ephemeral clouds. — 2014 •A small perceptible feelingHannah couldn't stop a flitter of panic at the thought. — 2014 •A small aircraft or spacecraft.Small flitters were powered and made ready, and everything that carried manual controls was inspected and cleared for action. — 1944 •A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment. •Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis. verb4 •To move about rapidly and nimbly. •To move quickly from one condition or location to another.How she remembered the gray-feathered titmouse flittering about as she stared unbelievingly at the grave of her sister and clung to Reese, then five years old. — 2003 •To flutter or quiver. •To scatter in pieces. formsflittered · flittering · flitters
