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flit
[flit]
verb (used without object)
to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along.
bees flitting from flower to flower.
to flutter, as a bird.
to pass quickly, as time.
hours flitting by.
Chiefly Scot. and North England.
to depart or die.
to change one's residence.
verb (used with object)
Chiefly Scot.to remove; transfer; oust or dispossess.
noun
a light, swift movement; flutter.
Scot. and North England.a change of residence; instance of moving to a new address.
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay man.
flit
/ ڱɪ /
verb
to move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
to fly rapidly and lightly; flutter
to pass quickly; fleet
a memory flitted into his mind
dialectto move house
informalto depart hurriedly and stealthily in order to avoid obligations
an informal word for elope
noun
the act or an instance of flitting
slanga male homosexual
informala hurried and stealthy departure in order to avoid obligations (esp in the phrase do a flit )
See moonlight flit
Other 51Թ Forms
- flittingly adverb
- ˈڱٳٱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of flit1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Bundy is the book’s charismatic centerpiece, a handsome, well-dressed sociopath in shiny patent-leather shoes, flitting from college to college, job to job, corpse to corpse.
But a career that promised so much at Arsenal faltered and saw him spend years flitting between the second and third tiers of English football.
But I enjoyed the film’s ideas as they flitted by.
The introduction set the tone for the rest of the trip, which flitted between hilariously absurd, you-couldn’t-write-this situational comedy and harrowing trauma excavation — the ideal formula for “Housewives.”
Even Springfield, Ohio, made a flitting comeback in Trump’s speech on Tuesday.
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