flit
verb
[ flɪt ]
• move swiftly and lightly.
• "small birds flitted about in the branches"
Similar:
dart,
dance,
skip,
play,
dash,
trip,
flick,
skim,
flutter,
bob,
bounce,
spring,
scoot,
hop,
gambol,
caper,
cavort,
prance,
frisk,
scamper,
beetle,
flit
noun
• an act of moving house or leaving one's home, typically secretly so as to escape creditors or obligations.
• "moonlight flits from one insalubrious dwelling to another"
Origin:
Middle English (in the Scots and northern English sense): from Old Norse flytja ; related to fleet4.
