flit

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Noun

1. A fluttering or darting movement.
2. A sudden departure from a property.
   • 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.
3. A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
   • My computer just had a flit.
4. A homosexual.

Verb

1. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
   • the low buzz of insects flitting over the flowers
2. To move quickly from one location to another.
3. To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
   • My blender flits because the power cord is damaged.
4. To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
5. To move a tethered animal to a new grazing location.
6. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.

Adjective

1. Fast, nimble.

Noun

1. A flow control unit or flow control digit.
   • header flit

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