FLIT (flitted, flitting)

Pronunciation (US):

• FLIT (noun)
  The noun FLIT has 2 senses:

1. a sudden quick movement
2. a secret move (to avoid paying debts)

  Familiarity information: FLIT used as a noun is rare.

• FLIT (verb)
  The verb FLIT has 1 sense:

1. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

  Familiarity information: FLIT used as a verb is very rare.

• FLIT (noun)

Meaning:

A sudden quick movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

flit; dart

Hypernyms ("flit" is a kind of...):

motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)

Meaning:

A secret move (to avoid paying debts)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

they did a moonlight flit

Hypernyms ("flit" is a kind of...):

move; relocation (the act of changing your residence or place of business)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

• FLIT (verb)

Meaning:

Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

dart; fleet; flit; flutter

Context example:

The hummingbird flitted among the branches

Hypernyms (to "flit" is one way to...):

hurry; speed; travel rapidly; zip (move very fast)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flit"):

butterfly (flutter like a butterfly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP