"flusker" meaning in English

See flusker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: fluskers [present, singular, third-person], fluskering [participle, present], fluskered [participle, past], fluskered [past]
Etymology: From flusk + -er (frequentative suffix). Related to flush. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|flusk|-er|id2=frequentative|pos2=frequentative suffix}} flusk + -er (frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} flusker (third-person singular simple present fluskers, present participle fluskering, simple past and past participle fluskered)
  1. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To flutter; to fly irregularly. Tags: dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-flusker-en-verb--K6IliKr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (frequentative), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (frequentative): 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
  2. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To fluster, confuse. Tags: dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-flusker-en-verb-s6mq8ZwZ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (frequentative) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (frequentative): 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fluskering

Inflected forms

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        "To flutter; to fly irregularly."
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        "(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To flutter; to fly irregularly."
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