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flitted in British English

past participle of verb, past tense of verb
flit
 

flit in British English

(flɪt)
verbWord forms: flits, flitting or flitted (intransitive)
1. 
to move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
2. 
to fly rapidly and lightly; flutter
3. 
to pass quickly; fleet
a memory flitted into his mind
4.  Scottish and Northern England dialect
to move house
5.  British informal
to depart hurriedly and stealthily in order to avoid obligations
6.  an informal word for elope
noun
7. 
the act or an instance of flitting
8.  offensive, slang, mainly US
a homosexual man
9.  British informal
a hurried and stealthy departure in order to avoid obligations (esp in the phrase do a flit)
10.  moonlight flit
Derived forms
flitter (ˈflitter)
noun
Word origin
C12: from Old Norse flytja to carry

Examples of 'flitted' in a sentence
flitted

A white shirt front flitted, cuffs reached down to the comatose Wilshere.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
Yet he has flitted in and out of the team since then.
The Sun (2009)
Pipistrelle bats, left, flitted over our heads haloed in meadow grass.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
A sniper, possibly two, flitted across empty windows in the building across the street.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The 'love it' quote flitted through your mind, didn't it?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Unselfishly flitted between the front line and midfield.
The Sun (2012)
A swallow flitted daringly through the flock.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They have flitted between one and another and been the masters of none.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She flitted past in her rustling raincoat, hatless.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The angels that had been carrying my body in zero gravity had flitted away.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
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