flitter

Meanings

1. To scatter in pieces.
2. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
3. To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
4. To flutter or quiver.

1. A fluttering movement
2. A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
3. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis.
4. A small aircraft or spacecraft.
5. A small perceptible feeling

1. Pronunciation spelling of fritter.

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).