Flit - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |flɪt|  American pronunciation of the word flit
Brit.  |flɪt|  British pronunciation of the word flit

noun

- a sudden quick movement (syn: dart)
- a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
they did a moonlight flit

verb

- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart (syn: dart, fleet, flutter)
The hummingbird flitted among the branches

Extra examples

The hummingbird flitted from flower to flower.

She was always flitting around the kitchen.

These brightly coloured insects flit about above the ground.

She is always flitting from one thing to another.

The time flitted away.

The thought flitted across / into / through my mind that I had met her before.

When he discovered the police were after him, he did a flit.

Birds flitted about in the trees above them.

She seemed to spend her life flitting from one country to another.

His eyes flitted to his watch.

The hummingbird flitted among the branches

The images flit so errantly and transiently.

The brief days flit ghostlike.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: flit
he/she/it: flits
present participle: flitting
past tense: flitted
past participle: flitted
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