verb
- to move lightly and quickly from one place to another
- to move secretly or suddenly, especially to avoid something
Usage: informal
noun
- a quick, light movement
Examples
- The butterfly flitted from flower to flower in the garden.
- Birds flitted through the trees at dawn.
- She flitted around the party, chatting with everyone.
- The tenant flitted in the middle of the night without paying rent.
- Shadows flitted across the wall as clouds passed overhead.
- With a quick flit of her hand, she brushed away the fly.