flit

Plural: flits

Noun

a sudden quick movement
a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
- "they did a moonlight flit"
A fluttering or darting movement.
A sudden departure from a property.
A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
A homosexual.
A flow control unit or flow control digit.

Verb

Verb Forms: flitted, flitting, flits

To move lightly and swiftly; to dart.
move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"
To move about rapidly and nimbly.
To move quickly from one location to another.
To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
To move a tethered animal to a new grazing location.
To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.

Adj

Fast, nimble.

Examples

header flit
His eyes would flit across the board, searching for the perfect spot.
I did a flit, as the landlord was due to arrive to collect the rent.
let's do a moonlight flit, if the loanshark catches us here tomorrow without the money to pay our debts, he'll break our fingers.
My blender flits because the power cord is damaged.
My computer just had a flit.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English flitten, flytten, from Old Norse flytja (“to move”), from Proto-Germanic *flutjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow; run”).
Cognate Icelandic flytja, Swedish flytta, Danish flytte, Norwegian flytte, Faroese flyta. Compare also Saterland Frisian flitskje (“to rush; run quickly”).

Synonyms

dart, fleet, flutter

Scrabble Score: 7

flit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
flit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

flit: valid Words With Friends Word