"flitter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈflɪtɚ/ [US], [ˈflɪɾɚ] [US] Forms: flitters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: From flit + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|flit|-er|id2=agent noun}} flit + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} flitter (plural flitters)
  1. A fluttering movement
    Sense id: en-flitter-en-noun-HCR4QWXD Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 6 22 11 1 23 3 15 4 5
  2. A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
    Sense id: en-flitter-en-noun-F42BivCJ
  3. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis. Categories (lifeform): Skippers
    Sense id: en-flitter-en-noun-NtDHUg1m Disambiguation of Skippers: 6 4 27 12 3 18 3 18 5 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 4 11 12 1 28 3 25 3 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 6 22 11 1 23 3 15 4 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 15 12 37 30 7
  4. (science fiction) A small aircraft or spacecraft. Categories (topical): Science fiction
    Sense id: en-flitter-en-noun-ei0nMSua Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 4 11 12 1 28 3 25 3 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 6 22 11 1 23 3 15 4 5 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
  5. A small perceptible feeling
    Sense id: en-flitter-en-noun-XMaoJaiz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈflɪtɚ/ [US], [ˈflɪɾɚ] [US] Forms: flitters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} flitter (plural flitters)
  1. (archaic Southern US, Caribbean) Pronunciation spelling of fritter. Tags: Caribbean, Southern-US, alt-of, archaic, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: fritter Derived forms: flat as a flitter
    Sense id: en-flitter-en-noun-kODIQ0VA Categories (other): Caribbean English, English pronunciation spellings, Southern US English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 4 11 12 1 28 3 25 3 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 6 22 11 1 23 3 15 4 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈflɪtɚ/ [US], [ˈflɪɾɚ] [US] Forms: flitters [present, singular, third-person], flittering [participle, present], flittered [participle, past], flittered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English flytteren, frequentative form of flitten, flytten, flütten, possibly from Old Norse flytja (“to carry about, convey”), equivalent to flit + -er (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|flytteren}} Middle English flytteren, {{m|enm|flitten}} flitten, {{m|enm|flytten}} flytten, {{m|enm|flutten|flütten}} flütten, {{der|en|non|flytja||to carry about, convey}} Old Norse flytja (“to carry about, convey”), {{af|en|flit|-er|id2=verbal frequentative|pos2=frequentative suffix}} flit + -er (frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} flitter (third-person singular simple present flitters, present participle flittering, simple past and past participle flittered)
  1. To scatter in pieces.
    Sense id: en-flitter-en-verb-oZR37ucs
  2. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
    Sense id: en-flitter-en-verb-x3MzGpI4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (verbal frequentative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 4 11 12 1 28 3 25 3 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 6 22 11 1 23 3 15 4 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (verbal frequentative): 11 46 20 22
  3. To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
    Sense id: en-flitter-en-verb-QBEwztL1
  4. To flutter or quiver.
    Sense id: en-flitter-en-verb-b7~WvNYR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flitter down, flittermouse, flittery
Etymology number: 1

Verb [German]

Audio: De-flitter.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|verb form}} flitter
  1. inflection of flittern: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular Form of: flittern
    Sense id: en-flitter-de-verb-1msyIJK- Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 59 41
  2. inflection of flittern: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: flittern
    Sense id: en-flitter-de-verb-zdQODx4d

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1941 July, Edward Elmer Smith, “The Vortex Blaster”, in Comet Stories, volume 1, number 5, page 10",
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          "ref": "1944 March, George Oliver Smith, “Circle of Confusion”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 33, number 1, page 54",
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          "ref": "1955, Alice Mary Norton (as Andrew North), Sargasso of Space, page 53",
          "text": "The small flitters carried by the Queen for exploration work held with comfort a two-man crew—with crowding, three.",
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