Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flitter
Participle: flittered
Gerund: flittering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | flitter |
| you | flitter |
| he;she;it | flitters |
| we | flitter |
| you | flitter |
| they | flitter |
Perfect
| I | have flittered |
| you | have flittered |
| he;she;it | has flittered |
| we | have flittered |
| you | have flittered |
| they | have flittered |
Past
| I | flittered |
| you | flittered |
| he;she;it | flittered |
| we | flittered |
| you | flittered |
| they | flittered |
Pluperfect
| I | had flittered |
| you | had flittered |
| he;she;it | had flittered |
| we | had flittered |
| you | had flittered |
| they | had flittered |
Future
| I | will flitter |
| you | will flitter |
| he;she;it | will flitter |
| we | will flitter |
| you | will flitter |
| they | will flitter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flittered |
| you | will have flittered |
| he;she;it | will have flittered |
| we | will have flittered |
| you | will have flittered |
| they | will have flittered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flitter |
| you | flitter |
| he;she;it | flitter |
| we | flitter |
| you | flitter |
| they | flitter |
Perfect
| I | have flittered |
| you | have flittered |
| he;she;it | have flittered |
| we | have flittered |
| you | have flittered |
| they | have flittered |
Imperfect
| I | flittered |
| you | flittered |
| he;she;it | flittered |
| we | flittered |
| you | flittered |
| they | flittered |
Pluperfect
| I | had flittered |
| you | had flittered |
| he;she;it | had flittered |
| we | had flittered |
| you | had flittered |
| they | had flittered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flitter |
| you | would flitter |
| he;she;it | would flitter |
| we | would flitter |
| you | would flitter |
| they | would flitter |
Perfect
| I | would have flittered |
| you | would have flittered |
| he;she;it | would have flittered |
| we | would have flittered |
| you | would have flittered |
| they | would have flittered |
Imperative
| you | flitter |
| we | Let's flitter |
| you | flitter |
Verbs conjugated like 'flitter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flitter'
clitter,
flatter,
flutter,
fritter,
glitter,
litter,
belitter,
bitter,
blatter,
blister,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English flytteren, frequentative form of flitten, flytten, flütten, possibly from Old Norse flytja (“to carry about, convey”), equivalent to flit + -er (frequentative suffix). See: Old Norse '
flytja'.
Sample Sentences
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How she remembered the gray-feathered titmouse flittering about as she stared unbelievingly at the grave of her sister and clung to Reese, then five years old. [2003, Rudy Gray, D'n'd, iUniverse, page 41:]
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There were two bugs flittering on either side of her. [2006, Katherine Macinnis, Kelsar, Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, page 60:]
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The back of the group flittered in and out of my view, pulling me forward with only dim hopes of success. [2014, Daniel Freeman, “The Conquest”, in College Essays That Made a Difference, 6th edition, Penguin Random House, page 129:]