Flitted

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              A shadow flits before me.             --Tennyson.
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     2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. --Dryden.
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     3. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to
        another; to remove; to migrate.
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              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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     4. To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot.
        & Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Jamieson.
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     5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
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              And the free soul to flitting air resigned.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flit
       n 1: a sudden quick movement [syn: {dart}]
       2: 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}]
       [also: {flitting}, {flitted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flitted
       See {flit}