flit — to move quickly and lightly from one place to another
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to move quickly and lightly from one place to another
Pronunciation (IPA): /flɪt/
Example Sentences
- My cat loves to flit around the house chasing invisible enemies at 3 AM.
- Ideas flit through my brain so fast during exams that I can barely catch one.
- The hummingbird flitted between the red flowers in our backyard.
flit
VERB[/flɪt/]
to move quickly and lightly from one place to another
Hummingbirds flit between blossoms in the sunlit garden.
The hummingbird flits while the cat must sit - their rhythms just don't fit!
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
From Old Norse 'fltta' meaning to move house or migrate, related to Old English 'fleotan' meaning to float or move quickly. The word entered Middle English through Scandinavian influence during the Viking period.
Breakdown
flit (base verb) - a single morpheme with no productive affixes in its root form; related to Old Norse 'fltta' (to move/migrate) + -ing/-ed (verbal suffixes when conjugated)
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“My cat loves to flit around the house chasing invisible enemies at 3 AM.”
“Ideas flit through my brain so fast during exams that I can barely catch one.”
“The hummingbird flitted between the red flowers in our backyard.”
“She tends to flit from one hobby to another without mastering any.”
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