Definition of flit Flit

/flɪˈt/ - [flit] - flit

We found 19 definitions of flit from 5 different sources.

What does flit mean?

Noun Plural: flits
flit - a sudden quick movement
		dart
		motility, move, motion, movement ability to move spontaneously and independently
flit - a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit"
		relocation, move the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"
Verb flits, flitting, flitted
flit - move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"
		flutter, fleet, dart
		travel rapidly, zip, hurry, speed move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
		butterfly cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp"

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flit (v. i.)
To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along.
flit (v. i.)
To flutter; to rove on the wing.
flit (v. i.)
To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate.
flit (v. i.)
To remove from one place or habitation to another.
flit (v. i.)
To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
flit (a.)
Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.

flit
flit, v.i. to flutter on the wing: to fly quickly: to be unsteady or easily moved: (Scot.) to remove from place to place:—pr.p. flit′ting; pa.p. flit′ted.—n. Flit′ting, a removal from one house to another: a wandering. [Ice. flytja; Sw. flytta.]

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