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Flit

Flit Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Flit? [n] (British) a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit" [n] a sudden quick movement [v] move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart Synonyms \| Synonyms for Flit: dart \| dart \| fleet \| flutter Related Terms \| Find terms related to Flit: advance \| aeroplane \| air speed \| airlift \| airplane \| auntie \| ball the jack \| balloon \| barrel \| bat around \| be airborne \| beat \| beating \| bicker \| bi-guy \| bisexual \| boom \| bowl along \| breeze \| breeze along \| brush \| bull dyke \| bum \| butch \| catamite \| celerity \| chicken \| clip \| coast \| commute \| continue \| count ties \| course \| cover ground \| cruise \| cut along \| dance \| dart \| disappear \| dispatch \| divagate \| drift \| dyke \| elapse \| emigrate \| endure \| evanesce \| evaporate \| expatriate \| expedition \| expire \| fade \| fag \| faggot \| fairy \| fare \| fare forth \| fastness \| femme \| ferry \| fetch \| flap \| flash \| flee \| fleet \| flick \| flicker \| flight \| flip \| flitter \| float \| flop \| flow \| flow on \| flurry \| flutter \| fly \| fly low \| foot \| fricatrice \| fruit \| gad \| gad about \| gallivant \| gang \| glide \| glissade \| go \| go about \| go along \| go by \| go fast \| go on \| go pitapat \| go the rounds \| ground speed \| gunsel \| gutter \| haste \| hasten \| hie \| highball \| hit the road \| hit the trail \| hobo \| homo \| homophile \| homosexual \| homosexualist \| hop \| hover \| hurry \| hydroplane \| ice-skate \| immigrate \| in-migrate \| instantaneousness \| intermigrate \| invert \| jaunt \| jet \| knock about \| knock around \| knots \| lapse \| last \| lesbian \| lightning speed \| make knots \| meander \| melt \| melt like snow \| migrate \| miles per hour \| mooch \| move \| move along \| move on \| nance \| navigate \| nip \| nomadize \| out-migrate \| outstrip the wind \| palpitate \| palpitation \| pansy \| pass \| pass away \| pass by \| pathic \| peregrinate \| pererrate \| pitapat \| pitter-patter \| pour it on \| precipitation \| press on \| proceed \| progress \| promptitude \| promptness \| prowl \| pulse \| punk \| queen \| queer \| quickness \| quiver \| ramble \| range \| rapidity \| remigrate \| rip \| roam \| roll \| roll on \| roller-skate \| round pace \| rove \| rpm \| run \| run about \| run its course \| run on \| run out \| rush \| sail \| sailplane \| sapphist \| sashay \| saunter \| scorch \| scud \| seaplane \| shake \| sideslip \| sink \| sizzle \| skate \| skateboard \| ski \| skid \| skim \| skip \| slat \| sled \| sleigh \| slide \| slip \| slither \| snappiness \| soar \| speed \| speediness \| splutter \| sputter \| storm along \| straggle \| stray \| stream \| stroll \| swarm \| sweep \| swift rate \| swiftness \| take the air \| take wing \| tatter \| tear \| tear along \| throb \| thunder along \| toboggan \| traipse \| tramp \| transmigrate \| travel \| trek \| tribade \| vagabond \| vagabondize \| vanish \| velocity \| volplane \| walk the tracks \| wander \| wave \| waver \| wayfare \| wend \| whisk \| whiz \| wing \| zing \| zip \| zoom See Also \| butterfly \| hurry \| motility \| motion \| move \| movement \| relocation \| speed \| travel rapidly \| zip Flit In Webster's Dictionary \Flit\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flitting}.] [OE. flitten, flutten, to carry away; cf. Icel. flytja, Sw. flytta, Dan. flytte. [root]84. Cf. {Fleet}, v. i.] 1. 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. A shadow flits before me. --Tennyson. 2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. --Dryden. 3. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate. It became a received opinion, that the souls of men, departing this life, did flit out of one body into some other. --Hooker. 4. To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Jamieson. 5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved. And the free soul to flitting air resigned. --Dryden. \Flit\, a. Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See {Fleet}.

Flit Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flit?

[n] (British) a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit"
[n] a sudden quick movement
[v] move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flit: dart | dart | fleet | flutter

Flit In Webster's Dictionary

\Flit\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flitting}.] [OE. flitten, flutten, to carry away; cf. Icel.
flytja, Sw. flytta, Dan. flytte. [root]84. Cf. {Fleet}, v.
i.]
1. 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.

         A shadow flits before me.             --Tennyson.

2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. --Dryden.

3. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to
   another; to remove; to migrate.

         It became a received opinion, that the souls of men,
         departing this life, did flit out of one body into
         some other.                           --Hooker.

4. To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot.
   & Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Jamieson.

5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.

         And the free soul to flitting air resigned.
                                               --Dryden.


\Flit\, a.
Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See {Fleet}.

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