Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. i.
   To flutter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. t.
   To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.]
   --Lowell.

Flitter \Flit"ter\, 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.

Source : WordNet®

flitter
     v : move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
         [syn: {flicker}, {waver}, {flutter}, {quiver}]