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How to pronounce flitter in English?

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Synonyms flicker, flutter, quiver, waver
Type of move back and forth

Examples of flitter

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Through the forest of blades banded demoiselles flitter, catching the sun.
From the guardian.co.uk
Fish flitter around the bases of the 336 columns that support the ceiling.
From the guardian.co.uk
A dream fragment from last night may flitter across your awareness more than once today.
From the kentucky.com
Instead, marsh sparrows flitter around the blind and you watch spiders crawl from the oak and on the blind.
From the al.com
There is lightning on the horizon, a storm coming in, and the flitter of bat wings sounds like a gentle rain on leaves.
From the guardian.co.uk
They seem so fragile as they fly in circles around the boat and flitter about in the wake of Le Pingouin as we charge along.
From the sacbee.com
Two bats flitter out of an oak tree.
From the sacbee.com
Staff flitter back and forth between the PACs and the campaigns, candidates are allowed to travel with PACs and appear at their functions.
From the smh.com.au
Birds flitter past, trees sway in the wind and dozens of citizens and soldiers, and even a wandering pig, can be seen going about their business in the market below.
From the metro.co.uk
More examples
  • Flicker: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
  • To move about rapidly and nimbly; to move quickly from one condition or location to another; to flutter or quiver
  • A bright spark trail effect that does not split into sparks.
  • Flitters are dragonfly enemies from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.
  • A type of tail effect consisting of bright flashes of light left behind by a star.
  • 1: a type of coarse flake aluminum; individual flakes are large and visible to the naked eye, e.g., 30-80 mesh is considered a "fine flitter," 12-40 mesh a "coarse flitter."