flit

(flĭt)
intr.v., flit·ted, flit·ting, flits.

1. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
2. To move quickly from one condition or location to another.

n.

1. A fluttering or darting movement.
2. Informal. An empty-headed, silly, often erratic person.

[Middle English flitten, from Old Norse flytja, to carry about, convey.]

flitter flit'ter n.

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verb

1. To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt², race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour², shoot, speed, sprint, tear¹, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal hotfoot, rip. Slang barrel, highball. Chiefly British nip¹. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, stepjumpon it. See move/halt.
2. To move quickly, lightly, and irregularly like a bird in flight: flicker, flitter, flutter, hover. See repetition.
3. To move through the air with or as if with wings: flap, flitter, flutter, fly, sail, wing. See move/halt.

noun
noun, US, derog

A male homosexual. (1942 —) .
J. D. Salinger Sometimes it was hard to believe, the people he said were flits and lesbians (1951).

[Perh. from the notion of light fluttering effeminate movements.]

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For a list of words related to flit, see:

• Gaits - flit: move swiftly and lightly in irregular motion; skim along
• Sexuality or Gender
• Homosexuality - flit: Derogatory slang. male homosexual

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - smutte, flyve
n. - flytning

idioms:

• do a flit    stikke af

Nederlands (Dutch)
fladderen, zich snel en vaak verplaatsen, verhuizen, vertrekken, snelle beweging, verhuizing, gefladder

Français (French)
v. intr. - voleter, voltiger, aller d'un pas léger, traverser (l'esprit), (fig) passer rapidement (d'une chose à l'autre)
n. - (Écosse, Nord de L'Angl.) déménagement, (US) pédale (injur)

idioms:

• do a flit    déménager à la cloche de bois, filer à l'anglaise

Deutsch (German)
v. - huschen, umziehen
n. - Huschen, Umzug

idioms:

• do a flit    umziehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πηγαινοέρχομαι, πετώ ή περνώ φευγαλέα ή αθόρυβα, πετάγομαι γρήγορα
n. - γοργό και αθόρυβο πέταγμα

idioms:

• do a flit    το σκάω (από πιστωτές)

Italiano (Italian)
svolazzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - mover-se rapidamente
n. - movimento (m) rápido

idioms:

• do a flit    mudar-se secretamente

Русский (Russian)
перелетать с места на место, проноситься

idioms:

• do a flit    смылиться не заплатив счет

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - revolotear
n. - movimiento rápido y ligero

idioms:

• do a flit    aletear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fladdra, flacka, flytta (dial.)
n. - flyttning, fladdrande, svävande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
掠过, 迁徙

idioms:

• do a flit    逃走

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 掠過, 遷徙
n. - 掠過, 遷徙

idioms:

• do a flit    逃走

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 훨훨 날다, 날아다니다, 사뿐히 지나가다, (시간이) 급속히 지나가다
n. - 날아 지나감, 야반도주

idioms:

• do a flit    운동하다, 야반도주하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - すいすい飛ぶ, ひらひら飛ぶ, 去来する

idioms:

• do a flit    夜逃げする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطير , ينتقل بسرعه (الاسم) تنقل من مكان لآخر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮עף, התעופף‬
n. - ‮התעופפות, שינוי כתובת חשאי כדי להימלט מנושים‬

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