flit.
A fluttering or darting movement.
Meaning & usage
A fluttering or darting movement.
A sudden departure from a property.
I did a flit, as the landlord was due to arrive to collect the rent.
let's do a moonlight flit, if the loanshark catches us here tomorrow without the money to pay our debts, he'll break our fingers.
A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
My computer just had a flit.
A homosexual.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English flitten, flytten, from Old Norse flytja (“to move”), from Proto-Germanic *flutjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow; run”). Cognate Icelandic flytja, Swedish flytta, Danish flytte, Norwegian flytte, Faroese flyta. Compare also Saterland Frisian flitskje (“to rush; run quickly”).
To move about rapidly and nimbly.
the low buzz of insects flitting over the flowers
To move quickly from one location to another.
To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
My blender flits because the power cord is damaged.
To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
To move a tethered animal to a new grazing location.
To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English flitten, flytten, from Old Norse flytja (“to move”), from Proto-Germanic *flutjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow; run”). Cognate Icelandic flytja, Swedish flytta, Danish flytte, Norwegian flytte, Faroese flyta. Compare also Saterland Frisian flitskje (“to rush; run quickly”).
Fast, nimble.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English flitten, flytten, from Old Norse flytja (“to move”), from Proto-Germanic *flutjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow; run”). Cognate Icelandic flytja, Swedish flytta, Danish flytte, Norwegian flytte, Faroese flyta. Compare also Saterland Frisian flitskje (“to rush; run quickly”).
A flow control unit or flow control digit.
header flit
Where this word comes from
Short for fl(ow control un)it or fl(ow control dig)it.
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