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(flĭt) 
intr.v., flit·ted, flit·ting, flits.
intr.v., flit·ted, flit·ting, flits.
- To move about rapidly and nimbly.
- To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
- A fluttering or darting movement.
- Informal. An empty-headed, silly, often erratic person.
[Middle English flitten, from Old Norse flytja, to carry about, convey.]
flitter flit'ter n.Related Videos:
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verb
- 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.
- To move quickly, lightly, and irregularly like a bird in flight: flicker, flitter, flutter, hover. See repetition.
- To move through the air with or as if with wings: flap, flitter, flutter, fly, sail, wing. See move/halt.
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- Gaits - flit: move swiftly and lightly in irregular motion; skim along
- Sexuality or Gender
- Homosexuality - flit: Derogatory slang. male homosexual
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Flit is the brand name for an insecticide.
The original product, launched in 1923[1] and mainly intended for killing flies and mosquitoes, was mineral oil based and manufactured by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey before the company, now part of ExxonMobil, renamed itself first Esso and later Exxon. The Esso formulation contained 5% DDT in the late 1940s and early 1950s, before the negative environmental impact of DDT was widely understood. Later marketed as "FLIT MLO," it has since been discontinued. A hand-operated device called a Flit gun was commonly used to perform the spraying.
The Flit brand name has been reused for another insecticide product, with the primary active ingredient of permethrin, marketed by Clarke Mosquito Control.[2] The current product is most often used to control adult mosquitoes. Spraying it into the air kills adult mosquitoes that are present and then by settling onto surfaces it kills mosquitoes that may later land.
"Quick, Henry, the Flit!"
In 1928 Flit, then marketed by a newly formed subsidiary of Jersey Standard, Stanco Incorporated,[3] became the subject of a very successful long running advertising campaign. Theodor Seuss Geisel created the artwork for this campaign, years before he started writing the children's books that made him famous as Dr. Seuss. The ads typically showed people threatened by whimsical, menacing insect-like creatures that will look familiar to fans of Dr. Seuss's later work and contained the tagline "Quick, Henry, the Flit!" This advertising campaign continued for 17 years and made "Quick, Henry, the Flit!" into a popular catchphrase in the United States.[4][5]
References
- ^ James Anthony Clark. The chronological history of the petroleum and natural gas industries. Clark Book Co., 1963, p. 137. ASIN B000WTVV34.
- ^ Flit – product information, Clarke Mosquito Control.
- ^ Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Strategy and Structure: Chapters in the History of the American Industrial Enterprise. Beard Books, 1962, p. 212. ISBN 978-1-58798-198-2, ISBN 978-1-58798-198-2.
- ^ The Advertising Artwork of Dr. Seuss.
- ^ Richard Corliss. "That Old Feeling: Seuss on First". Time, March 2, 2004.
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Flit
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)
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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