01 v. i. 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.
imp. & p. p.
Flitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flitting
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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.
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2.
To flutter; to rove on the wing.
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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.
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To remove from one place or habitation to another.[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.“And the free soul to flitting air resigned.” — Dryden.