flitting
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flit
(flĭt)intr.v. flit·ted, flit·ting, flits
1. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
2. To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
n.
1. A fluttering or darting movement.
2. Informal An empty-headed, silly, often erratic person.
[Middle English flitten, from Old Norse flytja, to carry about, convey; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]
flit′ter n.
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flitting
(ˈflɪtɪŋ) orflyting
n
dialect Scot and Northern English a move to another house
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Translations
إنْتِقال بِسُرْعَه
poletování
flagrenflyvensusen
röpdösés
flökt
poletovanie
uç ma
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flit
(flit) – past tense, past participle ˈflitted – verb to move quickly and lightly from place to place. Butterflies flitted around in the garden.
ˈflitting nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.