Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To move about rapidly and nimbly.
- intransitive verb To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
- noun A fluttering or darting movement.
- noun Informal An empty-headed, silly, often erratic person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flitting: removal.
- 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.
- Nimble; swift.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See
fleet . - intransitive verb To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet
- intransitive verb To flutter; to rove on the wing.
- intransitive verb To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate.
- intransitive verb Scot. & Prov. Eng. To remove from one place or habitation to another.
- intransitive verb To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fluttering ordarting movement. - noun physics A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
- noun slang A homosexual.
- verb To move about rapidly and
nimbly . - verb To move quickly from one location to another.
- verb physics To
unpredictably change state for short periods of time. - verb informal To move house (especially a sudden move to avoid debts).
- adjective poetic, obsolete
Fast ,nimble .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- noun a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
- noun a sudden quick movement
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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You'll see my name flit by at 0:40 during the first installment.
Writing Advice from 1916—Part III scottedelman 2008
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These vampires are characterized by their ability to "flit" - that is, run blurringly fast.
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These vampires are characterized by their ability to "flit" - that is, run blurringly fast.
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These vampires are characterized by their ability to "flit" - that is, run blurringly fast.
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These vampires are characterized by their ability to "flit" - that is, run blurringly fast.
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These vampires are characterized by their ability to "flit" - that is, run blurringly fast.
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These vampires are characterized by their ability to "flit" -- that is, run blurringly fast.
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These vampires are characterized by their ability to "flit" - that is, run blurringly fast.
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These vampires are characterized by their ability to "flit" - that is, run blurringly fast.
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These vampires are characterized by their ability to "flit" - that is, run blurringly fast.
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"I'd have to flit from door to door to use the bathroom." -Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris
February 5, 2011