flitter means to scatter in pieces. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 79 out of 100.
flitter is pronounced /ˈflɪtɚ/.
Etymology
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).
verb
- To scatter in pieces.
- To move about rapidly and nimbly.
- 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.”
- To flutter or quiver.
noun
- A fluttering movement“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.”
- A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.“Without a flitter of a blanket o'er me”
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis.
- A small aircraft or spacecraft.“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.”
- A small perceptible feeling“Hannah couldn't stop a flitter of panic at the thought.”