Thesaurus: flit

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1. 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.
2. v. i. To flutter; to rove on the wing.
3. v. i. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate.
4. v. i. To remove from one place or habitation to another.
5. v. i. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
6. a. Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.
7. n. a sudden quick movement
8. n. a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
9. v. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
10. 1. 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. A shadow flits before me. Tennyson. 2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. Dryden. 3. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate. It became a received opinion, that the souls of men, departing this life, did flit out of one body into some other. Hooker. 4. To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Wright. Jamieson. 5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved. And the free soul to flitting air resigned. Dryden. Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.
11. n:5/v:95 n. a sudden quick movement n. a secret move (to avoid paying debts) v. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart