flitter

Meanings

Verb

• To scatter in pieces.
• To move about rapidly and nimbly.
• To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
• To flutter or quiver.

Noun

• A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
• Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis (genus).
• A small aircraft or spacecraft.

Origin

• From Middle English flytteren, frequentative form of flitten, flytten, flutten, possibly from Old Norse flytja ("to carry about, convey"), equivalent to flit + -er.
• From flit + -er.