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Word: Flit
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English (in the Scots and northern English sense): from Old Norse flytja; related to fleet
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
flɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
move swiftly and lightly
Short Definition:move swiftly
Examples:- small birds flitted about in the branches
- the idea had flitted through his mind
Word: Flit
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
flɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an act of moving house or leaving one's home, typically secretly so as to escape creditors or obligations
Short Definition:act of moving house or leaving one's home
Examples:- moonlight flits from one insalubrious dwelling to another
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