Usually means: Flutter lightly, move quickly, erratically.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word flitter:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. flitter: Merriam-Webster
  2. flitter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. flitter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. flitter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. flitter: Vocabulary.com
  6. Flitter, flitter: Wordnik
  7. flitter: Wiktionary
  8. flitter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. flitter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. flitter: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Flitter, flitter: Dictionary.com
  12. Flitter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Flitter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. flitter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. flitter: Rhymezone
  16. Flitter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. flitter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. FLITTER: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  19. flitter: FreeDictionary.org
  20. flitter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. flitter: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flitter: Glossary of Science Fiction Jargon

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flitter: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flitter: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flitter: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. flitter, flitter: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. flitter: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See flittered as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (flitter)

verb:  To scatter in pieces.
verb:  To move about rapidly and nimbly.
verb:  To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
verb:  To flutter or quiver.
noun:  A fluttering movement
noun:  A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
noun:  Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis.
noun:  (science fiction) A small aircraft or spacecraft.
noun:  A small perceptible feeling
noun:  (archaic Southern US, Caribbean) Pronunciation spelling of fritter. [A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.]

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