- to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
- to flutter, as a bird.
- to pass quickly, as time: hours flitting by.
- Chiefly Scot. and North England.
- to depart or die.
- to change one's residence.
- to remove; transfer; oust or dispossess.
- a light, swift movement; flutter.
- a change of residence; instance of moving to a new address.
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay man.
- to move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- to fly rapidly and lightly; flutter
- to pass quickly; fleet
- to move house
- to depart hurriedly and stealthily in order to avoid obligations
- an informal word for elope
- the act or an instance of flitting
- a male homosexual
- a hurried and stealthy departure in order to avoid obligations (esp in the phrase do a flit)
- See moonlight flit
