as in to dart
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
bargain hunters at the flea market flitted from table to table like hummingbirds in a garden
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Recent Examples of flit
Contractors have been flitting in and out over the last week at the facility, bringing in solar panels and generators.
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Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
The way 16 different emotions can flit across his face in a single moment continually surprises, amazes and confounds us.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 12 June 2025
Your name’s coming up repeatedly, as your Virgo horoscope for June 2025 finds Gemini season flitting through your tenth house of reputation, legacy, and career.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
Following the Tony Awards, many attendees flitted off to cast celebrations and the official MoMA party before landing at the annual event at the Carlyle, hosted by Rick Miramontez and John Gore.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
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Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
The way 16 different emotions can flit across his face in a single moment continually surprises, amazes and confounds us.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 12 June 2025
Your name’s coming up repeatedly, as your Virgo horoscope for June 2025 finds Gemini season flitting through your tenth house of reputation, legacy, and career.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
Following the Tony Awards, many attendees flitted off to cast celebrations and the official MoMA party before landing at the annual event at the Carlyle, hosted by Rick Miramontez and John Gore.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flit
Verb
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For millennia, these fish darted in droves through the delta’s murky water and effectively supported the watershed’s entire food web.—
Moira Donovan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 July 2025
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The muscles around his eyes darted inward, and a frown overtook his face.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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Their small pink petals flutter every time there’s a breeze.—
Stephanie Lam,
Mercury News,
2 July 2025
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The homeowner's Stars and Stripes, which was fluttering on the flagpole beside the entrance, was tangled.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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The reality star continued to post wedding highlights, including videos of himself and Blanco dancing together at their reception.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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The soccer is the show, and fans provide music with their vocal cords and dancing with their hips.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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Where will flags be at half-staff in Wisconsin? Per Evers' executive order, American flag and the Wisconsin state flag fly half-staff at all buildings, grounds and military installations belonging to the state of Wisconsin.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
19 July 2025
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The group was exchanged for more than 250 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. and flown in March to El Salvador's high-security prison.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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Whether due to devious marketing misdirection or just the viewer's first-time-watch naïveté, these flicks swerve in unexpected directions by snuffing out one of their prominent characters before the first or second act is even through.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
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Johan Vásquez flicked the restart across the goal mouth and Álvarez burst past the defense, redirecting the ball from three yards just inside Matt Freese’s far post.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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My friend scurried to download it, but then the app takes you to a website that requires you to fill out a detailed form and establish an account.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Crazy ants, so named because of their erratic movements, scurry below.—
Alina Hartounian,
NPR,
7 July 2025
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“Flit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flit. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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