flittering

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noun

The motion of something that flitters.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of flitter
nounflittering (plural flitterings)

plural flitterings

  1. The motion of something that flitters.

    It is in this solitude, a syllable, Out of these gawky flitterings, Intones its single emptiness, The savagest hollow of winter-sound.

    1947, Wallace Stevens, “No Possum, No Sop, No Taters”, in Transport to Summer
Cite this entry
APA

flittering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flittering

MLA

“flittering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flittering. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flittering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flittering.

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