flit

flit
[[t]flɪ̱t[/t]]
flits, flitting, flitted
1) VERB If you flit around or flit between one place and another, you go to lots of places without staying for very long in any of them.

[V prep/adv] Laura flits about New York hailing taxis at every opportunity.

[V prep/adv] ...flitting between Florence, Rome and Bologna.

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2) VERB If someone flits from one thing or situation to another, they move or turn their attention from one to the other very quickly.

[V from n to n] She flits from one dance partner to another...

[V prep] He's prone to flit between subjects with amazing ease.

3) VERB If something such as a bird or a bat flits about, it flies quickly from one place to another.

[V prep/adv] ...the parrot that flits from tree to tree.

4) VERB If an expression flits across your face or an idea flits through your mind, it is there for a short time and then goes again.

[V across n] He was unable to prevent a look of interest from flitting across his features...

[V through n] Images and memories of the evening flitted through her mind.


English dictionary. 2008.

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