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# flit

verb (flit, flits, flitted, flitting); noun (a flit — UK, Scotland)

«flit» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To flit is to move or fly quickly and lightly from one place to another, like a butterfly or a bird. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flit/#m1)
2. If a thought or expression flits across your mind or face, it is there for a very short moment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flit/#m2)
3. (Scotland, northern England) To flit, or do a flit, is to move house; a «moonlight flit» is leaving secretly at night, often to avoid paying debts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flit/#m3)

### In the lessons

In nature writing and poems, butterflies, bats and birds flit about. In stories, a smile flits across a face. A person who flits from one hobby to another never stays with one. Phrases: «flit about», «flit from… to…», «moonlight flit».

### Examples

- Butterflies flitted between the flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flit/#x1)
- A bat flitted past the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flit/#x2)
- A smile flitted across her face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flit/#x3)
- He flits from one hobby to another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flit/#x4)
- A strange thought flitted through my mind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flit/#x5)
- The family did a moonlight flit and left no address. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flit/#x6)
- Gay colors were to be seen here, and a butterfly, too, was flitting by. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flit/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: double t in flitted, flitting. Short, light, quick movement; compare «float» (slow) and «dart» (fast and sharp).

## In Jewish tradition

In nature writing and poems, butterflies, bats and birds flit about. In stories, a smile flits across a face. A person who flits from one hobby to another never stays with one. Phrases: «flit about», «flit from… to…», «moonlight flit».

### Examples

- Flee ye, flit far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. (Prophets JER.49.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flit/#x1)

### Note

Spelling: double t in flitted, flitting. Short, light, quick movement; compare «float» (slow) and «dart» (fast and sharp).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «flit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flit.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «flit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/flit.html) on Mova free.