flichter

[flikh-tuh r]

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verb (used without object) Scot.

(of birds) to fly feebly; flutter.
to tremble; quiver.

Also flight·er [flikh-tuh r] /ˈflɪx tər/.

Origin of flichter

1505–15; flicht flight¹ + -er⁶

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