flichter

[ flikh-tuhr ]
/ ˈflɪx tər /

verb (used without object) Scot.

(of birds) to fly feebly; flutter.
to tremble; quiver.
Also flight·er [flikh-tuhr] /ˈflɪx tər/.

Origin of flichter

1505–15; flicht flight1 + -er6