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What is another word for flittered?

Pronunciation: [flˈɪtəd] (IPA)

Flittered is a word that means to move quickly and lightly. Some synonyms for flittered include fluttered, flickered, flitted, fleeted, darted, dashed, and scurried. Fluttered refers to a light and rapid movement, while flickered means to move quickly and unsteadily. Flitted is used to describe a quick and agile movement, while fleeted means to move swiftly. Darted is used to describe a sudden and fast movement, while dashed means to move quickly and recklessly. Finally, scurried refers to moving quickly and hurriedly, especially to avoid danger or to finish a task.
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What are the hypernyms for Flittered?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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One day a small bird beat the air with its little wings, under the roof of the promenade, and then flittered from sight over the surface, of the waste; a school of porpoises, stiff and wooden in their rise, plunged clumsily from wave to wave.
"Their Silver Wedding Journey"
William Dean Howells
Again the lightning flashed, showing the faces and staring eyes of the thousands who watched, and even the white teeth of a great bat that flittered past.
"Allan and the Holy Flower"
H. Rider Haggard
A bat's wing had flittered past his nose so close that he might have caught it in his teeth if he had wanted to-and been quick enough.
"Children of the Wild"
Charles G. D. Roberts

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