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- [flit]
- /flɪt/
- /flɪt/
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- [flit]
- /flɪt/
Definitions of flit word
- verb without object flit to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower. 1
- verb without object flit to flutter, as a bird. 1
- verb without object flit to pass quickly, as time: hours flitting by. 1
- verb without object flit Chiefly Scot. and North England. to depart or die. to change one's residence. 1
- verb with object flit Chiefly Scot. to remove; transfer; oust or dispossess. 1
- noun flit a light, swift movement; flutter. 1
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Origin of flit
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English flitten < Old Norse flytja to carry, convey, Swedish flytta. See fleet2
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Parts of speech for Flit
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
flit popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
flit usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for flit
verb flit
- hover — to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
- flicker — to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light: The candle flickered in the wind and went out.
- whiz — to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
- zip — zip code.
- dart — If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
noun flit
- trip the light fantastic — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- jive — swing music or early jazz.
- two-step — a ballroom dance in duple meter, marked by sliding steps.
- hoof it — the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.
- conga — If a group of people dance a conga, they dance in a long winding line, with each person holding on to the back of the person in front.
Antonyms for flit
verb flit
- decelerate — When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
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