Flit
[flɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a secret move (to avoid paying debts); 'they did a moonlight flit'.
(noun.) a sudden quick movement.
(verb.) move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; 'The hummingbird flitted among the branches'.
Edited by Kelsey--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To flutter; to rove on the wing.
(v. i.) To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate.
(v. i.) To remove from one place or habitation to another.
(v. i.) To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
(a.) Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.
Typed by Benjamin
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Fly rapidly, dart along.
Edited by Ervin
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FLUTTER]
Typist: Penelope
Definition
v.i. to flutter on the wing: to fly quickly: to be unsteady or easily moved: (Scot.) to remove from place to place:—pr.p. flit′ting; pa.p. flit′ted.—n. Flit′ting a removal from one house to another: a wandering.
Typist: Trevor
Examples
- The spirits of the departed seemed to flit around, and to cast a shadow, which was felt but seen not, around the head of the mourner. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Whither will that spirit--now struggling to quit its material tenement--flit when at length released? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Then she would flit along the yard, climb the scores of stairs that led to her room, and take her seat at the window. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The forms of the beloved dead flit before me, and I hasten to their arMs. Farewell, Walton! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She has flitted away to town, with no intention of remaining there, and will soon flit hither again, to the confusion of the fashionable intelligence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I was endeavouring to gather the loose ends of many thoughts and memories which flitted elusively through my tired and overwrought brain. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The two fugitives glided noiselessly from the house, and flitted, through the gathering shadows of evening, along by the quarters. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Adrian's countenance flitted across, tainted by death--Idris, with eyes languidly closed and livid lips, was about to slide into the wide grave. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The evil spirit of his life had flitted away again, months ago, and he had heard no more of her since. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She flitted through the rooms, like a good spirit, dispatched from the celestial kingdom, to illumine our dark hour with alien splendour. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- When I slept, or was absent, the forms of the venerable blind father, the gentle Agatha, and the excellent Felix, flitted before me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She has flitted away to town, with no intention of remaining there, and will soon flit hither again, to the confusion of the fashionable intelligence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The whole place seemed restless and troubled; and the people were crowding and flitting to and fro, like the shadows in an uneasy dream. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- How unsubstantial, and flickering, and flitting! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I looked, and there, above us, I saw shadowy bodies flitting hither and thither high over temple, court, and garden. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- What recollections of boyhood and innocence might have been flitting across his brain? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It persists in flitting and chattering about town. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- FLITTING That evening Ursula returned home very bright-eyed and wondrous--which irritated her people. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At last we got to where lanterns could be seen flitting about here and there, and knew we were in the midst of the curious old city. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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