FLIT


Meaning of FLIT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ flɪt ]

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. øøflitter n. [ME f. ON flytja: rel. to FLEET(5)]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.