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Meaning of "flitter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLITTER

flitter  [ˈflɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLITTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flitter is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb flitter in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLITTER

PRESENT

Present
I flitter
you flitter
he/she/it flitters
we flitter
you flitter
they flitter
Present continuous
I am flittering
you are flittering
he/she/it is flittering
we are flittering
you are flittering
they are flittering
Present perfect
I have flittered
you have flittered
he/she/it has flittered
we have flittered
you have flittered
they have flittered
Present perfect continuous
I have been flittering
you have been flittering
he/she/it has been flittering
we have been flittering
you have been flittering
they have been flittering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I flittered
you flittered
he/she/it flittered
we flittered
you flittered
they flittered
Past continuous
I was flittering
you were flittering
he/she/it was flittering
we were flittering
you were flittering
they were flittering
Past perfect
I had flittered
you had flittered
he/she/it had flittered
we had flittered
you had flittered
they had flittered
Past perfect continuous
I had been flittering
you had been flittering
he/she/it had been flittering
we had been flittering
you had been flittering
they had been flittering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will flitter
you will flitter
he/she/it will flitter
we will flitter
you will flitter
they will flitter
Future continuous
I will be flittering
you will be flittering
he/she/it will be flittering
we will be flittering
you will be flittering
they will be flittering
Future perfect
I will have flittered
you will have flittered
he/she/it will have flittered
we will have flittered
you will have flittered
they will have flittered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been flittering
you will have been flittering
he/she/it will have been flittering
we will have been flittering
you will have been flittering
they will have been flittering
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would flitter
you would flitter
he/she/it would flitter
we would flitter
you would flitter
they would flitter
Conditional continuous
I would be flittering
you would be flittering
he/she/it would be flittering
we would be flittering
you would be flittering
they would be flittering
Conditional perfect
I would have flitter
you would have flitter
he/she/it would have flitter
we would have flitter
you would have flitter
they would have flitter
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been flittering
you would have been flittering
he/she/it would have been flittering
we would have been flittering
you would have been flittering
they would have been flittering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you flitter
we let´s flitter
you flitter
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to flitter
Past participle
flittered
Present Participle
flittering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLITTER


aglitter
əˈɡlɪtə
antilitter
ˌæntɪˈlɪtə
billeter
ˈbɪlɪtə
clitter
ˈklɪtə
glitter
ˈɡlɪtə
hairsplitter
ˈhɛəˌsplɪtə
Hippolyta
hɪˈpɒlɪtə
litter
ˈlɪtə
lytta
ˈlɪtə
outglitter
ˌaʊtˈɡlɪtə
slitter
ˈslɪtə
splitter
ˈsplɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLITTER

flirtatious
flirtatiously
flirtatiousness
flirter
flirtingly
flirtish
flirty
flisk
flisky
flit
flitch
flite
flitt
flitted
flittermice
flittermouse
flittern
flitting
flivver
flix

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLITTER

acquitter
baby-sitter
better
bitter
critter
emitter
fitter
hitter
jitter
knitter
neurotransmitter
outfitter
quitter
ritter
Salzgitter
sitter
skitter
submitter
transmitter
twitter
witter

Synonyms and antonyms of flitter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flitter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLITTER

Find out the translation of flitter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flitter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flitter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

飞来飞去
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flitter
570 millions of speakers

English

flitter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फड़फड़ाहट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

flitter
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

махать крыльями
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flitter
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝাপটান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

frôleur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pecah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Flitter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

金属箔
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어른 거림
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flitter
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bay từng chận ngắn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ப்ளிட்டர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झटका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

flitter
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frullio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Flitter
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

махати крилами
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Flitter
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flitter
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fladder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Flitter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flitter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flitter

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLITTER»

The term «flitter» is regularly used and occupies the 92.049 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLITTER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flitter» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flitter» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flitter

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLITTER»

Discover the use of flitter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flitter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Spanish Romantic Literary Theory and Criticism
The range of reference, from the articles of Böhl von Faber to the judgments made by Cañete and Valera is counterpointed by the detail of close readings of books and articles published between 1834 and 1844, together with an examination ...
Derek Flitter, 2006
2
Cheater and Flitter Dick: a novel
Fourteen-year-old Cheater lives with her adopted, hard-drinking father, her beloved rooster Flitter Dick, and an odd assortment of animals on an Arkansas farm.
Robbie Branscum, 1983
3
Judith's pavilion: the haunting memories of a neurosurgeon
Set in an imaginary hospital wing populated by the author's former patients and colleagues, the memoirs of a neurosurgeon traces the lives and dramatic fates of doctors and patients seeking to achieve miracles together. IP.
Marc Flitter, 1997
4
New English and Italian Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary
lo mi lnsíngo, ta ti lusinghi, egli si lusínga, élla si lusínga, noi ci lusinghiämo, voi tí lusingáte, ¿esi si losíngano, CONJUGATION ОГ TBE REFLECTIVE VERB LOSINGARSI. CONDITIONAL lo mi lusingherei, I shoíiíd flitter myself tu ti lasiogherësti ...
John Millhouse, 1886
5
Acceptable Words: Essays on the Poetry of Geoffrey Hill
The poem is a memory of the poet's father recalled in his garden: around you the cane loggias, tent-poles, trellises, the flitter of sweet peas caught in their strings[.] (Cup. 52) I want to concentrate here upon the second of these lines - 'the flitter ...
Jeffrey Wainwright, 2005
6
Voting in American Elections: The Shaping of the American ...
Madrid, 1978. 10 Flitter refers to Giovanni Allegra, La viña y los surcos: las ideas literarias en España del XVIII al XIX. Seville, 1980. 11 Flitter's note 15, p. 6: “ Cultura popular, cultura intelectual y casticismo,” in Casticismo y literatura en España ...
Celia M. Wallhead, Walter Dean Burnham, Thomas Ferguson, 2010
7
The Numismatist
According to Scott- First Coin IIII Pfg. VI Pfg. I Pfg. I Pfg. I Pfg. or A 20 Gulden I Heller 1622 I Pfg. I Heller II Pfg. I Pfg. in Scott I Pfg. I Heller, 1621 I Pfg. Witten I Pfg. I Denier I Pfg. I Pfg. A Stuber I Pfg. I Pfg. I Flitter I Pfg. I Heller II Heller I Flitter.
8
The Great Ocean Adventures of Denali's Exciting First Journey
Flitter. These fish were bright yellow with different designs on their bodies. “Aloha .” said Denali and Makana in unison. “Aloha.” said the fish. “What kind of fish are you?” asked Denali. The fish turned around quickly startling Denali. Makana ...
GGS Stromire, 2013
9
Reefsong
Pua dipped the flitter low again and flew directly over the algae. “I don't see—oh, that. I don't know. Unless ... Is Zena still listening?” “Aye,” the pilot said before Angie could reply. Pua frowned and slowed to a near hover. The rippling surface of ...
Carol Severance, 2014
10
The Silent Warrior: The Forever Hero
The dark dot swelled into a lightly armed police flitter. “Gnasherfour ... change course ... FIRE ON THE SUMBITCH!!!” Gerswin dropped the nose, then eased the stick left, then back into his lap, coming up overthe police flitter. At the last instant  ...
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLITTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flitter is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why We Should Embrace the Urban Nap: Best #Cityreads of the …
People flitter past. Then suddenly everything jumps into motion: the crowd of figures and lights fuses into one long neon serpent that begins to ... «CityLab, Jul 15»
2
Craig Brown on In Pursuit Of Butterflies: A Fifty-Year Affair - Daily Mail
My little garden on the Suffolk coast attracts a fair number of butterflies, and I have grown to love their pretty flitter-flutterings. So I was hoping ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Butterflies, bees summer camp comes to Mercer Botanic Gardens …
Mercer Botanic Gardens invites new second and third graders to explore the gardens and observe the pollinators that flap, fly and flitter among ... «Your Houston News, Jul 15»
4
Dublin to save year in thurles tussle - Herald.ie
Secondly, should they fumble, fluster and flitter away possession, as they did for a dark spell in the first half last Saturday, Limerick will make ... «Herald, Jul 15»
5
'Mad Women': Film Review
When action does flitter onto the screen, it's a man and a woman viciously gut-punching each other as a form of courtship. Presumably aiming ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
6
Butterflies & Bees Summer Camp Comes to Mercer Botanic Gardens
... fly and flitter among the flowers during its Butterflies & Bees Camp starting Tuesday, July 21 through Thursday, July 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. «The Paper Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Top 100+ Free Social Media Marketing Tools Announced
Manage Flitter: http://www.manageflitter.com/ Provides you with a set of easy to use tools to empower you to work smarter and faster with Twitter ... «IMSoup, Jul 15»
8
Fire department gets 200 calls about fireworks
Legal fireworks include crackling devices, flitter sparklers and toy smoke devices. A full list of both illegal and legal fireworks can be found on ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
9
Nappies: which are best – disposables or reusables?
A self-confessed “flitter” between reusable and disposable nappies, Sarah did not start using reusables until her son was six months old, and ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Looking Behind the Scenes of a Grucci Fireworks Show on Long …
One of the fireworks that Grucci brought back was the “Golden Flitter Split Comet,” which was first developed by Phil's grandfather. «Long Island Press, Jul 15»

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