FLIT (flitted, flitting)
Dictionary entry overview: What does flit mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
• 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:
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Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
