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- Dictionaryflit/flɪt/
verb
- 1. move swiftly and lightly: "small birds flitted about in the branches"
noun
- 1. an act of moving house or leaving one's home, typically secretly so as to escape creditors or obligations: informal British "moonlight flits from one insalubrious dwelling to another"
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FLIT definition: 1. to fly or move quickly and lightly: 2. to appear or exist suddenly and for a short time in…. Learn more.
Flit definition: to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along. See examples of FLIT used in a sentence.
The meaning of FLIT is to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another. How to use flit in a sentence.
1. to move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart. 2. to fly rapidly and lightly; flutter.
Whether it's used to describe something literal or figurative, flit refers to something fleeting and quick. Flit and fleet are both related to float. Something that floats keeps moving. A smile might flit across your face or a thought may flit into your mind.
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. dialect Scot and Northern English to move house. 5. informal Brit to depart hurriedly and stealthily in order to avoid obligations. 6. an informal word for elope. n.
Definition of flit verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
FLIT definition: to fly or move quickly from one place to another: . Learn more.
Origin of Flit. From Old Norse flytja (“to move”). Cognate with Swedish: flytta, Danish/Norwegian: flytte, Faroese: flyta. From Wiktionary. Middle English flitten from Old Norse flytja to carry about, convey pleu- in Indo-European roots.
flit. verb. /flɪt/ [intransitive] Verb Forms. to move lightly and quickly from one place or thing to another flit from A to B Butterflies flitted from flower to flower. He flits from one job to another. + adv./prep. A smile flitted across his face. A thought flitted through my mind. Definitions on the go.
