to flit
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6.1
- verb
- /flɪt/
- The sparrows continued their flitting dance over the rooftops, oblivious to the folk below.
- flit through the air
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Watch on YouTubeAnd there was a single monarch flitting around from flower to flower.
- And there was a single monarch flitting around from flower to flower.
- Small insects flit from Burr to Burr, a scrap of rags thrown over a Shard of star Thistle.
- Not as something that flits about and and floats through walls, but but as something that can be creative and thoughtful and aware and perceptive and loving and caring.
- And we see Dragons flitting up and GED says go tell the old one to come you windworm.
Examples
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I saw a few friends accompanied, as I was, by children flitting around them, awed and happy.
Fiction book (1994) -
Overhead, a black swallowtail flits through tulips as red as a clown's nose.
Fiction book (2000) -
Baby, why you got to flit so from one thing to another?
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You mustn't flit from store to store so quickly.
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But he wished the woman would stop flitting from place to place.
Fiction book (1998) -
And there was a single monarch flitting around from flower to flower.
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Her guide danced about, sometimes flitting around her head, sometimes soaring high above her.
Fiction book (1992) -
As Lyndsay's eyes adjusted, she saw the bats flitting overhead, emitting their high-pitched sounds.
Fiction book (1990) -
The front of the room filled with butterflies, multicolored heliconians, flitting and hovering above lush green foliage.
Fiction book (1998) -
The butterfly flit from flower to flower, gracefully searching for nectar.
Synonyms
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1.8
Pass very quickly, often used for time
78
2.9
To move smoothly and without effort through the air or over a surface
72
2.8
Move a short distance quickly, often to make room or hurry
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2.2
To move quickly and suddenly in one direction
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3.5
To move quickly and lightly back and forth, like wings or leaves
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3.1
To move quickly with short, hurried steps because you feel afraid or rushed
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1.0
To move by light hops in a playful way
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5.5
To move quickly with short hurried steps, often to hide or escape
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2.9
Move quickly and lightly across the surface of water
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6.1
To move lightly and quickly, often in short quick steps like a leaf or small animal
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3.2
To move quickly in a smooth curve from a higher to a lower place
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7.4
To move quickly and lightly across a surface
1
6.9
To move quickly and lightly, like a small bird or moth
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3.0
Move suddenly and quickly from one side to the other
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5.8
To move quickly and lightly away, often because something scares you
To move suddenly and fast in one direction
Antonyms
Compounds
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flit comes from old words that mean 'to fly' or 'to float', and is related to familiar English words like fly and float. So to flit is to move swiftly and lightly, like a butterfly or a shadow.