the bird flitted from one tree to another

  • 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… …

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  • 2flit — [[t]flɪ̱t[/t]] flits, flitting, flitted 1) VERB If you flit around or flit between one place and another, you go to lots of places without staying for very long in any of them. [V prep/adv] Laura flits about New York hailing taxis at every… …

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