Flittering

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of flitter form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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flickerbeatbeatingbickerdancedrift

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

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