flit

Definition

A fluttering or darting movement.

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”).

Example Sentences

• "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 computer just had a flit."