Meaning of flitter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fluttering movement
2. Pronunciation spelling of fritter.
   Caribbean, Southern-US, alt-of, archaic, pronunciation-spelling
3. A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
4. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis.
5. A small aircraft or spacecraft.
6. A small perceptible feeling

Examples

“A waxing moon riding high in the sky and a flitter of bats about the rooftops, dipping and swerving as they gathered up the gnats that danced there in ephemeral clouds.”

“Without a flitter of a blanket o'er me”

“But to return to where we left her, I see her still, propped up in a kind of stupor against one of the walls in which this wretched edifice abounds, her long grey greasy hair framing in its cowl of scrofulous mats a face where pallor, languor, hunger, acne, recent dirt, immemorial chagrin and surplus hair seemed to dispute the mastery. Flitters of perforated starch entwine an ear.”

“Then all three went out to the flitter. A tiny speedster, really; a torpedo bearing stubby wings and the ludicrous tail-surfaces, the multifarious driving-, braking-, side-, top-, and under-jets so characteristic of the tricky, cranky, but ultra-maneuverable breed.”

“Small flitters were powered and made ready, and everything that carried manual controls was inspected and cleared for action.”

“The small flitters carried by the Queen for exploration work held with comfort a two-man crew—with crowding, three.”

“The flitter tumbled from the shimmering throat of the wormhole transit route from Port Sol to Earthport.”

“Hannah couldn't stop a flitter of panic at the thought.”

“He sensed Wheeler tensing, the slightest of tremors in the stillness of the ruined chapel, a flitter of irritation.”

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