The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. i.
   To flutter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. t.
   To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.]
   --Lowell.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flitter \Flit"ter\, n. [Cf. G. flitter spangle, tinsel, flittern
   to make a tremulous motion, to glitter. Cf. Flitter, v. i.]
   A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flitter
    v 1: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
         [syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver]