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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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The meaning of FLIT is to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another. How to use flit in a sentence.
FLIT definition: 1. to fly or move quickly and lightly: 2. to appear or exist suddenly and for a short time in…. Learn more.
1. to move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart. 2. to fly rapidly and lightly; flutter. 3. to pass quickly; fleet.
A flit is a quick movement. You might flit around a crowded party, greeting everyone briefly with some light-hearted chatter and moving on quickly. Whether it's used to describe something literal or figurative, flit refers to something fleeting and quick.
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.
FLIT meaning: 1. to fly or move quickly and lightly: 2. to appear or exist suddenly and for a short time in…. Learn more.
1. to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along. bees flitting from flower to flower. 2. to flutter, as a bird.
to fly or move quickly from one place to another: Birds were flitting from tree to tree. (Definition of flit from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definitions of 'flit'. 1. If you flit around or flit between one place and another, you go to lots of places without staying for very long in any of them. [...] 2. If someone flits from one thing or situation to another, they move or turn their attention from one to the other very quickly. [...]
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun flit. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
