All flit synonyms
flit
F f verb flit
- hover β to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
- flicker β to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light: The candle flickered in the wind and went out.
- whiz β to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
- zip β zip code.
- dart β If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
- fly β to move through the air using wings.
- rush β to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- flash β a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
- run β execution
- whisk β to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke: She whisked everything off the table with her arm.
- float β to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant: The hollow ball floated.
- sail β an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sweep β to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
- scud β to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
- skim β to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
- dance β If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- fleet β an arm of the sea; inlet.
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- speed β rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- wing β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- flutter β to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
- dip β to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- swoop β to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
noun flit
- jitter β jitters, nervousness; a feeling of fright or uneasiness (usually preceded by the): Every time I have to make a speech, I get the jitters.
- tango β a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- trip the light fantastic β a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- two-step β a ballroom dance in duple meter, marked by sliding steps.
- hoof it β the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.
- conga β 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.
- charleston β The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- jitterbug β a strenuously acrobatic dance consisting of a few standardized steps augmented by twirls, splits, somersaults, etc., popular especially in the early 1940s and performed chiefly to boogie-woogie and swing.
- foot it β (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- boogie β When you boogie, you dance to fast pop music.
- foxtrot β a word used in communications to represent the letter F.
- samba β a rhythmic, Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin.
- cut a rug β a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design. Compare carpet.
- bunny hop β a jump executed with the feet held tightly together and the knees bent
- one-step β a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- rhumba β a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.