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FLITTER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move back and forth very rapidly
Example:
the candle flickered
Synonyms:
flicker; flitter; flutter; quiver; waver
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "flitter" is one way to...):
move back and forth (move in one direction and then into the opposite direction)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP