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Word entry · 7 letters

flitter

Best crossword clue

"Move quickly about"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈflɪtɚ/Part of speech verbSorted efilrttStarts with FEnds with R1 clues
1F2L3I4T5T6E7R

Definitions

  1. move back and forth very rapidly

Word origin

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).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • There were two bugs flittering on either side of her.
  • The back of the group flittered in and out of my view, pulling me forward with only dim hopes of success.

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