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flit

Pronunciation: /flɪt/

Definition of flit

[no object, with adverbial of direction]

move swiftly and lightly:small birds flitted about in the branches figurativethe idea had flitted through his mind
[no object] chiefly Scottish & Northern English move house or leave one’s home, typically secretly so as to escape creditors or obligations.

British informal

an act of moving house or leaving one’s home, typically secretly so as to escape creditors or obligations:moonlight flits from one insalubrious dwelling to another

Origin:

Middle English (in the Scots and northern English sense): from Old Norse flytja; related to fleet⁴

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