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flitterings

flitterings is the plural of flittering.

Meaning of flittering

Noun

flittering (plural flitterings)

  1. The motion of something that flitters.
    • It is in this solitude, a syllable,
      Out of these gawky flitterings,
      Intones its single emptiness,
      The savagest hollow of winter-sound.1947, Wallace Stevens, “No Possum, No Sop, No Taters”, in Transport to Summer

Questions about flitterings

What is flitterings the plural of?
Flitterings is the plural of flittering.

Words near flitterings in the dictionary

  1. flitter-mouse
  2. flitterbat
  3. flitterbats
  4. flittered
  5. flittering
  6. flitterings
  7. flitterjigs
  8. flittermice
  9. flittermouse
  10. flittern
  11. flitterns

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