flitschen

Variant of flitzen, which see.

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flitschen (weak, third-person singular present flitscht, past tense flitschte, past participle geflitscht, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. (regional, including western Germany, transitive) to tighten something and let it shoot off

   jemanden mit den Fingern flitschen

   to flick one's fingers (usually the forefinger) against someone's skin (in order to hurt or alert them)

   ein Gummiband flitschen

   to flip or fire a rubber band

   Synonyms: schnippen, wegschnippen

2. (regional, transitive) to skim; to throw or shoot closely over a surface

   Synonyms: springen lassen, titschen, flippen, schiefern (all but the first also regional)

3. (regional, intransitive) to be shot or thrown in one of these ways

• Auxiliary is haben in transitive and sein in intransitive use.