v. t. To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [ R. ] Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To flutter. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Flitter, v.i. + mouse; cf. G. fledermaus, OHG. fledarmūs. Cf. Flickermouse, Flindermouse. ] (Zool.) A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. A term applied to the bark obtained from young oak trees. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Flitty. ] Unsteadiness; levity; lightness. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hopkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A removal from one habitation to another. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting, and it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to move away. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a flitting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Flit. ] Unstable; fluttering. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]