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Definition of flit in English: flitverbflits, flitting, flitted flɪtflɪt 1no object, with adverbial of direction Move swiftly and lightly. small birds flitted about in the branches figurative the idea had flitted through his mind Example sentencesExamples - The thought that maybe he liked me had once flitted through my mind, but that idea was quickly rendered impossible.
- Martinu's mind flits about from idea to idea in a surreal way.
- His green eyes flitted over her, swiftly taking in every inch from her boots to the hat shrouding her face from the sun.
- I sat very still, and watched as various birds flitted about the yard and in the fig tree.
- He flitted from one idea to another, a bee looking for nectar.
- As we sat on our patio, birds were flitting about and singing, giving everyone yet another reason to enjoy the first really nice day this year.
- The birds flitted and the sunlight filtered through the overhanging branches.
- Images from the night before flit through my mind.
- We speculated what might have happened but when John and I were gazing out over the river later, we caught a fleeting glance of a young bird flitting past.
- Thankfully this solitary poor moment is but one in a huge eight-minute orchestration - one of the shorter tracks on the album - that flits from section to section.
- Disappointment flitted across her ruddy cheeks, but Gran could never be unhappy for more than a moment.
- Various excuses flitted across my mind, but I decided to be frank with her.
- Dio's mind flitted uselessly, trying to come up with an idea, a plan, an escape, but without hope.
- Rare marbled white butterflies flit along the overgrown route of the old track, and among the nettles and the briars there may be pyramidal and spotted orchids and unusual exotic species carried there years ago by the train.
- As flashes of people, animals, houses and nature flitted around him, he thought long and hard about what he was going to do.
- Birds were chirping, flitting from one twig to another.
- She flitted from shadow to shadow among the houses, wraithlike, till she reached the edge of the burg.
- Beautiful birds are flitting about everywhere one looks.
- It's clear from his flitting appearances in recent times that fitness is not a problem.
- Flickers of a fuzzy memory danced through her mind and flitted away in the same moment, leaving only fragments behind.
Synonyms dart, dance, skip, play, dash, trip, flick, skim, flutter, bob, bounce, spring, scoot, hop, gambol, caper, cavort, prance, frisk, scamper informal beetle - 1.1Northern English, Scottish no object Move house or leave one's home, typically secretly so as to escape creditors or obligations.
Synonyms depart from, go away from, go from, withdraw from, retire from, take oneself off from, exit from, take one's leave of, pull out of, quit, be gone from, decamp from, disappear from, abandon, vacate, absent oneself from, evacuate
nounPlural flits flɪtflɪt British informal An act of moving house or leaving one's home, typically secretly so as to escape creditors or obligations. moonlight flits from one insalubrious dwelling to another Example sentencesExamples - One such scenario would be if one of their wee league concepts like a European or Atlantic set-up came off, although their preferred option of a flit to England looks like a non-starter.
- Then they did a flit, leaving a whole pile of rent and bills unpaid.
- Sleeping through the night was inconceivable, too, as official visits outside the working day, very early in the morning or long after work, were the most productive in an industry well acquainted with the overnight flit.
- The portents are that, despite all the problems, the outcome is a foregone conclusion and he will not need to call in the removal men next year for a flit to his new £3.5m gaff.
- He made a moonlight flit from a rented flat in Plymouth Road, Thurrock, after racking up over a £1, 000 worth of unpaid rent.
- One option is a move to the former Drybrough brewery site in Craigmillar, though Dalrymple says such a flit would depend on improved transport links, including a railway station or tram stop.
- Letters should be sent to Sam who has just returned after the firm he was closing for did a moonlight flit.
- He was a toddler when his family pioneered the big flit from central Glasgow into Castlemilk.
- Crowds have swelled to capacity, increasing pressure for the club to move to a 55,000-ground at the waterfront, a flit which remains uncertain for financial reasons.
- He also said the Indian man owed money to the tax man and had done a midnight flit.
- She screamed so hard we did a midnight flit to the doctor one night.
- It was a midnight flit, and I don't think anyone knew where he was for years, although he did spend Christmas with us when I was 17, and I spent a few days with him in Townsville about five years after that.
Synonyms escape, breakout, break, bolt for freedom, running away, flight, bolting, absconding, decamping, fleeing, flit
Origin Middle English (in the Scots and northern English sense): from Old Norse flytja; related to fleet4. Rhymes acquit, admit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit Definition of flit in US English: flitverbflitflɪt 1no object, with adverbial of direction Move swiftly and lightly. small birds flitted about in the branches figurative the idea had flitted through his mind Example sentencesExamples - He flitted from one idea to another, a bee looking for nectar.
- Disappointment flitted across her ruddy cheeks, but Gran could never be unhappy for more than a moment.
- His green eyes flitted over her, swiftly taking in every inch from her boots to the hat shrouding her face from the sun.
- I sat very still, and watched as various birds flitted about the yard and in the fig tree.
- Martinu's mind flits about from idea to idea in a surreal way.
- As flashes of people, animals, houses and nature flitted around him, he thought long and hard about what he was going to do.
- Images from the night before flit through my mind.
- Thankfully this solitary poor moment is but one in a huge eight-minute orchestration - one of the shorter tracks on the album - that flits from section to section.
- Flickers of a fuzzy memory danced through her mind and flitted away in the same moment, leaving only fragments behind.
- As we sat on our patio, birds were flitting about and singing, giving everyone yet another reason to enjoy the first really nice day this year.
- It's clear from his flitting appearances in recent times that fitness is not a problem.
- Beautiful birds are flitting about everywhere one looks.
- We speculated what might have happened but when John and I were gazing out over the river later, we caught a fleeting glance of a young bird flitting past.
- Various excuses flitted across my mind, but I decided to be frank with her.
- The birds flitted and the sunlight filtered through the overhanging branches.
- The thought that maybe he liked me had once flitted through my mind, but that idea was quickly rendered impossible.
- Dio's mind flitted uselessly, trying to come up with an idea, a plan, an escape, but without hope.
- She flitted from shadow to shadow among the houses, wraithlike, till she reached the edge of the burg.
- Rare marbled white butterflies flit along the overgrown route of the old track, and among the nettles and the briars there may be pyramidal and spotted orchids and unusual exotic species carried there years ago by the train.
- Birds were chirping, flitting from one twig to another.
Synonyms dart, dance, skip, play, dash, trip, flick, skim, flutter, bob, bounce, spring, scoot, hop, gambol, caper, cavort, prance, frisk, scamper - 1.1Scottish, Northern English Leave one's home or move, typically secretly so as to escape creditors or obligations.
Synonyms depart from, go away from, go from, withdraw from, retire from, take oneself off from, exit from, take one's leave of, pull out of, quit, be gone from, decamp from, disappear from, abandon, vacate, absent oneself from, evacuate
nounflitflɪt British informal An act of leaving one's home or moving, typically secretly so as to escape creditors or obligations. moonlight flits from one insalubrious dwelling to another Example sentencesExamples - Crowds have swelled to capacity, increasing pressure for the club to move to a 55,000-ground at the waterfront, a flit which remains uncertain for financial reasons.
- He made a moonlight flit from a rented flat in Plymouth Road, Thurrock, after racking up over a £1, 000 worth of unpaid rent.
- The portents are that, despite all the problems, the outcome is a foregone conclusion and he will not need to call in the removal men next year for a flit to his new £3.5m gaff.
- Then they did a flit, leaving a whole pile of rent and bills unpaid.
- Letters should be sent to Sam who has just returned after the firm he was closing for did a moonlight flit.
- Sleeping through the night was inconceivable, too, as official visits outside the working day, very early in the morning or long after work, were the most productive in an industry well acquainted with the overnight flit.
- She screamed so hard we did a midnight flit to the doctor one night.
- He was a toddler when his family pioneered the big flit from central Glasgow into Castlemilk.
- It was a midnight flit, and I don't think anyone knew where he was for years, although he did spend Christmas with us when I was 17, and I spent a few days with him in Townsville about five years after that.
- One such scenario would be if one of their wee league concepts like a European or Atlantic set-up came off, although their preferred option of a flit to England looks like a non-starter.
- He also said the Indian man owed money to the tax man and had done a midnight flit.
- One option is a move to the former Drybrough brewery site in Craigmillar, though Dalrymple says such a flit would depend on improved transport links, including a railway station or tram stop.
Synonyms escape, breakout, break, bolt for freedom, running away, flight, bolting, absconding, decamping, fleeing, flit
Origin Middle English (in the Scots and northern English sense): from Old Norse flytja; related to fleet. |