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flit·ter

1   [flit-er]
verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
to flutter.
Origin:
1535–45; flit + -er6

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Flitters is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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flit·ter

2   [flit-er]
noun
a person or thing that flits.
Origin:
1535–45; flit + -er1

flit·ter

3   [flit-er]
noun
fine metallic fragments, especially as used for ornamentation.
Origin:
1840–50; < German

flit·ter

4   [flit-er]
noun Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
a fritter or pancake.
Origin:
apparently by dissimilation from fritter2
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