flitter

as in to flit
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements the birds flittered back and forth between the backyard feeder and the safety of the trees

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Recent Examples of flitter There might be a butterfly flittering about barren aspen trunks. Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025 Ringo was yellow submarines and octopus gardens, the mascot little brother, despite being the eldest Beatle, and the best at flittering above the feuds that afflicted the trio of geniuses around him. Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025 Our attention constantly jumps from one flittering speck to the next, and the storm of activity blocks our view of the whole sphere. Oshan Jarow, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025 Coaches and friends flitter in and out. Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025 My eyes gleefully flittered among the many gilded furnishings, opulent light fixtures, and damask wall treatments. Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 7 Dec. 2024 The unexpected sight of the little orange carp flittering around in a glorified puddle was everywhere, a social-media must-post, a Walden surrounded by concrete at a corner known as the Bed-Stuy Aquarium. The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024 As a result Rose flittered on the periphery of the game but was never readmitted to it. Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flitter
Verb
  • The spaces are smaller, with lower benches, and the older players, flitting between dressing rooms for U14s and U12s, have had to take their belongings home each day rather than leave them in lockers due to the carousel of teams moving in and out.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Bees and wasps flitted together on yellow flowers, and as the day wore on, gnats clumped in beams of sunshine to make a kind of haze.
    Blair Braverman, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • The Phillies continued to give him the bunt sign, but Mookie Betts did not dart from shortstop to third base until the last moment.
    Matt Gelb, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Renda darted in for a 6-yard TD run, keyed by a 42-yard Parker Harris punt return to the Keller 40.
    Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2025
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  • And perhaps strangest of all, an indoor flagpole that will flutter in a direction corresponding to the wind outside.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Longer pieces reached the tops of her cheekbones, fluttering out like wings.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Flitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flitter. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.

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