flitted; flitting
1
: to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another
3
: to move in an erratic fluttering manner
flit
noun
Examples of flit in a Sentence
butterflies flitting around the garden
The hummingbird flitted from flower to flower.
She was always flitting around the kitchen.
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Those skills apparently translate fairly easily into urban environments, where Cooper’s hawks flit amid trees and concrete landscapes, stalking city pigeons and doves.
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
Small miracles spare the staff Most Saturdays, Abdallah and his staff are flitting between patient rooms and laboratories, sterilizing equipment, checking on growing embryos and walking hopeful parents through the arduous process of in vitro fertilization.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
The menus are identical, so old fans can flit from flower to flower while Moso continues his perpetual pollination of modern Japanese interpretations and a little bit of fusion (that lobster roll is Ogunquit meets Osaka) for extra fun.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2025
Visitors can fish, swim, and paddle on Lake Shelby, see native flora and fauna at the Nature Center on Middle Lake, and flit around the Butterfly Garden east of Little Lake.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
Small miracles spare the staff Most Saturdays, Abdallah and his staff are flitting between patient rooms and laboratories, sterilizing equipment, checking on growing embryos and walking hopeful parents through the arduous process of in vitro fertilization.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
The menus are identical, so old fans can flit from flower to flower while Moso continues his perpetual pollination of modern Japanese interpretations and a little bit of fusion (that lobster roll is Ogunquit meets Osaka) for extra fun.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2025
Visitors can fish, swim, and paddle on Lake Shelby, see native flora and fauna at the Nature Center on Middle Lake, and flit around the Butterfly Garden east of Little Lake.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Flit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flit. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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