flit
verb /flɪt/
/flɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they flit | /flɪt/ /flɪt/ |
| he / she / it flits | /flɪts/ /flɪts/ |
| past simple flitted | /ˈflɪtɪd/ /ˈflɪtɪd/ |
| past participle flitted | /ˈflɪtɪd/ /ˈflɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form flitting | /ˈflɪtɪŋ/ /ˈflɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to move lightly and quickly from one place or thing to another
- flit from A to B Butterflies flitted from flower to flower.
- He flits from one job to another.
- + adv./prep. A smile flitted across his face.
- A thought flitted through my mind.
- [intransitive] (Scottish English, Northern British English) to change the place where you live, especially secretly in order to avoid paying money that you owe to somebody
- I had to change schools every time my parents flitted.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the Scots and northern English sense): from Old Norse flytja.; related to fleet ‘move or pass quickly’.