flit or flutter around
1flit — vb Flit, flutter, flitter, flicker, hover suggest the movements of a bird or other flying or floating thing and mean to move in a manner like or reminiscent of such movements Flit implies a light and swift passing from place to place or point to… …
2flutter — 1. verb 1) butterflies fluttered around Syn: flit, hover, flitter, dance 2) a tern was fluttering its wings Syn: flap, move up and down, beat, quiver, agitate, vibrate, whiffle 3) …
3flit — Synonyms and related words: advance, aeroplane, air speed, airlift, airplane, auntie, ball the jack, balloon, barrel, bat around, be airborne, beat, beating, bi guy, bicker, bisexual, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, brush, bull dyke, bum …
4flutter — Synonyms and related words: Bebung, addle, addle the wits, ado, agiotage, agitate, agitation, arbitrage, arrhythmia, asking price, ball up, barrage, bearish prices, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo, beating, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle,… …
5flutter — verb 1) butterflies fluttered around Syn: flit, hover, dance 2) a tern was fluttering its wings Syn: flap, beat, quiver, agitate, vibrate 3) she fluttered her eyelashes …
6sail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cruise, voyage; set sail; navigate, traverse. See navigation. n. canvas; moonsail, moon raker; jib, foresail, lateen, lug, mainsail, mizzen, spanker, topsail. See ship. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Means of …
7hurry — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, ado, agitation, air speed, bolt, brouhaha, bundle, bustle, buzz about, career, celerity, chase, cheer on, commotion, crowd, dart, dash, dash off, dash on, dig out, dispatch, disquiet, disturbance, dither,… …
8eye — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ amber, blue, brown, dark, golden, green, grey/gray …
9whirl — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. spin[ning], gyration, turn; flutter, tizzy, confusion; pirouette. v. spin, twirl, turn, rotate, revolve, gyre, gyrate; dance, pirouette. See rotation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Rapid rotating motion] Syn …
10Frequentative — In grammar, a frequentative form of a word is one which indicates repeated action. The frequentative form can be considered a separate, but not completely independent word, called a frequentative. English frequentative is no longer productive,… …
