fleeting
Verb
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- disappear gradually
- present participle and gerund of fleet
Adjective Satellite
- lasting for a markedly brief time
- "a fleeting glance"
Adj
- Passing quickly; of short duration.
Noun
- An automatic operation mode of an absolute signal that reserves a route for several trains following one another, without the need for dispatcher to re-set the route for each train.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English fleten (“to float”), from Old English flēotan (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-. By surface analysis, fleet + -ing.
Synonyms
blow over, dart, evanesce, fade, fleet, flit, flutter, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary, pass, pass off, brief, deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, flying, fugacious, instant, passing, perishable, quick, seasonable, short, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitive, transitory, volatile, whilend
Scrabble Score: 12
fleeting: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfleeting: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fleeting: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary