flitter
/ˈflɪtər/
verb
- To move quickly and lightly from place to place, often with a fluttering or darting motion.
- The children watched the fireflies flitter across the dark field.
- Leaves flittered down from the tree in the autumn breeze.
- Butterflies flitter from flower to flower in the garden.
- To move or behave in a restless, aimless, or unsteady way.
- The puppy flittered around the room, unable to settle down.
- His attention flittered between the conversation and his phone.
- She tends to flitter from one hobby to another without sticking with any.
noun
- A quick, light, fluttering movement or sound.
- I heard the flitter of papers being shuffled in the next room.
- A flitter of excitement passed through the crowd.
- There was a flitter of wings as the bird took off.