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1. (v.i.) flit
to fly or move swiftly, lightly, or irregularly from one place or thing to another.
2. flit
to flutter, as a bird.
3. flit
to pass quickly:
A smile flitted across his face.
4. (n.) flit
a light, swift movement; flutter.
5. flit
Brit. Informal. a hasty and stealthy departure.
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME < ON flytja to carry, convey. See fleet2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) flit, dart
a sudden quick movement
2. (verb) flit
a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
"they did a moonlight flit"
3. (verb) flit, flutter, fleet, dart
move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
"The hummingbird flitted among the branches"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Flit
nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet
2. (verb) Flit
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
3. (verb) Flit
to flutter; to rove on the wing
4. (verb) Flit
to pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate
5. (verb) Flit
to remove from one place or habitation to another
6. (verb) Flit
to be unstable; to be easily or often moved
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Sense: to move quickly and lightly from place to place
Butterflies flitted around in the garden.
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 Afrikaans: fladder |
 Arabic: يَنْتَقِل، يَمُر بِسُرْعَ |
 Bulgarian: прелитам |
 Brazilian: esvoaçar |
 Czech: poletovat |
 German: flattern |
 Danish: suse; flyve; flagre |
 Greek: πεταρίζω |
 Spanish: revolotear, mover |
 Estonian: vilklema |
 Farsi: پرواز کردن |
 Finnish: pyrähdellä |
 French: voltiger |
 Hebrew: לָעוּף בְּקלִילוּת |
 Hindi: इधर-उधर उड़ना |
 Croatian: lepršati, prhnuti |
 Hungarian: röpköd |
 Indonesian: berpindah-pindah |
 Icelandic: flögra, flökta |
 Italian: svolazzare |
 Japanese: すっと飛ぶ |
 Korean: 경쾌하게 돌아다니다 |
 Lithuanian: skrajoti |
 Latvian: lidināties; laidelēties |
 Malay: terbang |
 Dutch: fladderen |
 Norwegian: smette, flagre, pile, svi |
 Polish: przemykać się, przelatywa |
 Persian: پرواز کردن |
 Pashto: ناببره تېرېدل، چټك الوتل، |
 Portuguese: esvoaçar |
 Romanian: a zbura |
 Russian: порхать |
 Slovak: poletovať |
 Slovenian: frfotati |
 Serbian: leteti tamo-amo |
 Swedish: fladdra, flyga |
 Thai: โผ |
 Turkish: uç(uş)mak |
 Taiwanese: 飛來飛去 |
 Ukrainian: перелітати, пурхати |
 Urdu: پھرتی سے ادھر ادھر جانا |
 Vietnamese: đi nhẹ nhàng; bay nhẹ nhà |
 Chinese: 飞来飞去 |
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