(~s, ~ting, ~ted)
1.
If you ~ around or ~ between one place and another, you go to lots of places without staying for very long in any of them.
Laura ~s about New York hailing taxis at every opportunity...
He spends his time ~ting between Florence, Rome and Bologna.
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv
2.
If someone ~s from one thing or situation to another, they move or turn their attention from one to the other very quickly.
She ~s from one dance partner to another...
He’s prone to ~ between subjects with amazing ease.
VERB: V from n to n, V prep
3.
If something such as a bird or a bat ~s about, it flies quickly from one place to another.
...the parrot that ~s from tree to tree.
VERB: V prep/adv
4.
If an expression ~s across your face or an idea ~s through your mind, it is there for a short time and then goes again.
He was unable to prevent a look of interest from ~ting across his features...
Images and memories of the evening ~ted through her mind.
VERB: V across n, V through n