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[ flit ] / flɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flit ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), flit·ted, flit·ting.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), flit·ted, flit·ting.Chiefly Scot. to remove; transfer; oust or dispossess. nouna 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. Origin of flitFirst recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English flitten, from Old Norse flytja “to carry, convey,” Swedish flytta; see fleet2 synonym study for flit1. See fly1. OTHER WORDS FROM flitflit·ting·ly, adverbWords nearby flitflirt, flirtable, flirtation, flirtatious, flirty, flit, flitch, flitch beam, flitchplate, flite, flit gun Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flitThis time we are back in 1941 and flit from Berlin (“the capital of a banana republic that had run out of bananas”) to Prague. Must Read Fiction: ‘Prague Fatale,’ ‘Derby Day’ and More|Malcolm Forbes, Hillary Kelly, Mythili Rao|May 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST He was one of those mournful figures that flit from time to time across the pages of history. The Walls of Constantinople|Bernard Granville Baker There are dark, swift, flashing beetles that flit so in the heat of summer among the blades of dry grass. A Desperate Character and Other Stories|Ivan Turgenev Other figures of fiction, in fancy, flit across the Square, or throng the near-by streets. Fifth Avenue|Arthur Bartlett Maurice
This at least is her opinion, and thus the months flit by and leave her just as wise as they found her. Punch, Vol. 99., July 26, 1890.|Various I flit—and flit—for I am ever on the wing—but I avoid the herd. A Tramp Abroad, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
British Dictionary definitions for flit
verb flits, flitting or flitted (intr)to move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart to fly rapidly and lightly; flutter to pass quickly; fleeta memory flitted into his mind Scot and Northern English dialect to move house British informal to depart hurriedly and stealthily in order to avoid obligations an informal word for elope nounthe act or an instance of flitting slang, mainly US a male homosexual British informal a hurried and stealthy departure in order to avoid obligations (esp in the phrase do a flit) See moonlight flit Derived forms of flitflitter, nounWord Origin for flitC12: from Old Norse flytja to carry Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to flithover, flicker, whiz, zip, dart, fly, rush, flash, run, whisk, float, sail, sweep, scud, skim, dance, pass, fleet, hurry, speed |