flit

Meaning of flit

verb
  1. move swiftly and lightly.
    small birds flitted about in the branches
    the idea had flitted through his mind
noun
  1. 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

Middle English (in the Scots and northern English sense): from Old Norse flytja ; related to fleet4.

Information about flit

  • The plural form of flit is: flits.
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Hyphenation of flit

flit

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • flit is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

flit synonyms

Meaning dart:

dart

Meaning flutter:

flutter, fleet, dart

Meaning move up and down lightly and quickly in the air:

dance

Meaning move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce:

skip

Meaning move lightly and quickly, so as to appear and disappear; flicker:

play

Meaning run or travel somewhere in a great hurry:

dash

Meaning catch one's foot on something and stumble or fall:

trip

Meaning strike or propel (something) with a sudden quick movement of the fingers:

flick

Meaning remove (a substance) from the surface of a liquid:

skim

Meaning make a quick, short movement up and down:

bob

Meaning (with reference to an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it:

bounce

Meaning move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards:

spring

Meaning go or leave somewhere quickly:

scoot

Meaning (of a person) move by jumping on one foot:

hop

Meaning run or jump about playfully:

gambol

Meaning skip or dance about in a lively or playful way:

caper

Meaning jump or dance around excitedly:

cavort

Meaning (of a horse) move with high springy steps:

prance

Meaning (of a police officer or other official) pass the hands over (someone) in a search for hidden weapons, drugs, or other items:

frisk

Meaning (especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement:

scamper

Meaning make one's way hurriedly:

beetle

Anagrams of flit

filt, lift

Words that rhyme with flit

nightflit

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