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flit

Pronunciation: /flɪt/

The English word “flit” has 12 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A fluttering or darting movement.
  2. A sudden departure from a property.
  3. A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
  4. A homosexual.
  5. A flow control unit or flow control digit.

verb

  1. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
  2. To move quickly from one location to another.
  3. To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
  4. To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
  5. To move a tethered animal to a new grazing location.
  6. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.

adjective

  1. Fast, nimble.

Etymology

From Middle English flitten, flytten, from Old Norse flytja (“to move”), from Proto-Germanic *flutjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow; run”). Cognate Icelandic flytja, Swedish flytta, Danish flytte, Norwegian flytte, Faroese flyta. Compare also Saterland Frisian flitskje (“to rush; run quickly”).

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