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Flitter
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| to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. |
| to flee; abscond: |
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noun Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
a fritter or pancake.
Origin:
apparently by dissimilation from fritter2
apparently by dissimilation from fritter2
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| flit (flɪt) | |
| —vb , flits, flitting, flitted | |
| 1. | to move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart |
| 2. | to fly rapidly and lightly; flutter |
| 3. | to pass quickly; fleet: a memory flitted into his mind |
| 4. | dialect (Scot), (Northern English) to move house |
| 5. | informal (Brit) to depart hurriedly and stealthily in order to avoid obligations |
| 6. | an informal word for elope |
| —n | |
| 7. | the act or an instance of flitting |
| 8. | slang chiefly (US) a male homosexual |
| 9. | informal (Brit) a hurried and stealthy departure in order to avoid obligations (esp in the phrase do a flit) |
| 10. | See moonlight flit |
| [C12: from Old Norse flytja to carry] | |
| 'flitter | |
| —n | |
| flitter (ˈflɪtə) | |
| —vb | |
| a less common word for flutter | |
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Word Origin & History
flitter
1540s, from flit with frequentative suffix. Flitter-mouse (1540s) is occasionally used in English, in imitation of Ger. fledermaus "bat," from O.H.G. fledaron "to flutter."
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