flit

flit is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as intransitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along.
2. intransitive verb. To flutter; to rove on the wing.
3. intransitive verb. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate.
4. intransitive verb. To remove from one place or habitation to another.
5. intransitive verb. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
6. adjective. Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.
7. noun. a secret move (to avoid paying debts)

   "they did a moonlight flit"

8. noun. a sudden quick movement

   Synonyms: dart

9. verb. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

   "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"

   Synonyms: dart, fleet, flutter

Synonyms

dart, fleet, flutter

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in flit:

filt, lift

Common word forms

flits, flited, flites, fliting, flitted, flitter, flitting

Words from these letters

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