Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive 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.
- 2intransitive verb
To flutter; to rove on the wing.
- 3intransitive verb
To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate.
- 4intransitive verb
To remove from one place or habitation to another.
- 5intransitive verb
To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
- 6adjective
Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.
- 7noun
a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
"they did a moonlight flit"
- 8noun
a sudden quick movement
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- 9verb
move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
"The hummingbird flitted among the branches"
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