Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flittering

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: flit-ter-ing
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of flitter

noun

The motion of something that flitters.

Example Sentences

"It is in this solitude, a syllable, Out of these gawky flitterings, Intones its single emptiness, The savagest hollow of winter-sound."

Inflected Forms

flitterings (plural)

Questions

What does flittering mean?: present participle and gerund of flitter

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