Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - flit
Flit
flit
v. & n. --v.intr. (flitted, flitting) 1 move lightly, softly, or rapidly (flitted from one room to another). 2 fly lightly; make short flights (flitted from branch to branch). 3 Brit. colloq. leave one's house etc. secretly to escape creditors or obligations. 4 esp. Sc. & N.Engl. change one's home; move. --n. 1 an act of flitting. 2 (also moonlight flit) a secret change of abode in order to escape creditors etc. Derivatives flitter n. Etymology: ME f. ON flytja: rel. to FLEET(5)
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intransitive verb (~ted; ~ting) Etymology: Middle English ~ten, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse flytjask to move, Old English flēotan to float Date: 13th century to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another, alter, shift, to move in an erratic fluttering manner, ~ noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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