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flitters

US/ˈflɪtɚz/

flitters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flitter.

flitters is the plural of flitter.

Meaning of flitter

Verb

flitter (third-person singular simple present flitters, present participle flittering, simple past and past participle flittered)

  1. To scatter in pieces.
  2. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
  3. To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
    • How she remembered the gray-feathered titmouse flittering about as she stared unbelievingly at the grave of her sister and clung to Reese, then five years old.2003, Rudy Gray, D'n'd, iUniverse, page 41
  4. To flutter or quiver.

See all 9 meanings of flitter

Words that rhyme with flitters

Questions about flitters

What is flitters the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flitters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flitter.
How do you pronounce flitters?
Flitters is pronounced /ˈflɪtɚz/ (US).

Words near flitters in the dictionary

  1. flitterjigs
  2. flittermice
  3. flittermouse
  4. flittern
  5. flitterns
  6. flitters
  7. flittery
  8. flittier
  9. flittiest
  10. flittiness
  11. flitting

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