Flit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
  • verb-intransitive. To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
  • n. A fluttering or darting movement.
  • n. Informal An empty-headed, silly, often erratic person.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fluttering or darting movement.
  • n. A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
  • n. A homosexual.
  • v. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
  • v. To move quickly from one location to another.
  • v. To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
  • v. To move house (especially a sudden move to avoid debts).
  • adj. Fast, nimble.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet
  • verb-intransitive. To flutter; to rove on the wing.
  • verb-intransitive. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate.
  • verb-intransitive. To remove from one place or habitation to another.
  • verb-intransitive. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
  • adj. Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See fleet.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To remove (a thing) from one place to another; transport; shift.
  • To turn; move; set in motion.
  • To remove or dispossess.
  • To move along, about, or away; remove from a place or from point to point: go off or about: generally with an implication of suddenness, swiftness, or brevity of movement.
  • To remove from one habitation to another.
  • To move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, skim, or scud along: as, a bird flits from tree to tree; a cloud flits across the moon.
  • To flutter, as a bird.
  • n. A flitting: removal.
  • Nimble; swift.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
  • n. a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
  • n. a sudden quick movement
  • Verb Form
    flits    flitted    flitting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    relocation    move    motility    movement    motion   
    Cross Reference
    depart   
    Variant
    flitted    flitting    fleet   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flutter    remove    migrate    nimble    quick    hasten    dart    fly    flicker    twinkle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brit    Grit    Kit    Pitt    Pritt    Schlitt    Schmidt    Split    Whit    Witt