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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flit \Flit\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flitted}; p. pr & vb n. {Flitting}.] [OE. flitten, flutten, to carry away cf Icel. flytja Sw flytta, Dan. flytte. [root]84. Cf {Fleet}, v. i.] 1. To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along to fleet; as a bird flits away a cloud flits along A shadow flits before me --Tennyson. 2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. --Dryden. 3. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate. It became a received opinion, that the souls of men, departing this life, did flit out of one body into some other --Hooker. 4. To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Jamieson. 5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved And the free soul to flitting air resigned. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flit \Flit\, a. Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See {Fleet}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flit n : a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit" v : move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart [syn: {flutter}, {fleet}, {dart}]
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