flit

  • 11flit — • flit, flitighet, arbetsamhet, strävsamhet, idoghet, trägenhet …

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  • 12flit — (v.) c.1200, flutten convey, move, take, carry away, go away, perhaps from O.N. flytja to remove, bring. Theire desire ... is to goe to theire newe masters eyther on a Tewsday, or on a Thursday; for ... they say Munday flitte, Neaver sitte.… …

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  • 13flit- — *flit germ.: Quelle: Personenname; Sonstiges: Reichert, Lexikon der altgermanischen Namen 2, 1990, 506 (Flitomer) …

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  • 14flit — [v] flutter, move rapidly dance, dart, flash, fleet, flicker, float, fly, hover, hurry, pass, run, rush, sail, scud*, skim, speed, sweep, whisk, whiz, wing, zip; concept 150 …

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  • 15flit — ► VERB (flitted, flitting) 1) move swiftly and lightly. 2) chiefly Scottish & N. English move house or leave one s home, especially in secrecy. ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ an act of leaving one s home in secrecy. ORIGIN Old Norse …

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  • 16flit — flit1 [ flıt ] verb intransitive 1. ) to appear for a very short time: The ghost of a smile flitted across her features. 2. ) to move quickly from one place to another without stopping long: She has flitted from one country to another seeking… …

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  • 17flit — FLIT1, flituri, s.n. (reg.) Bot, rât. – et. nec. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  FLIT2, flituri, s.n. Insecticid folosit contra muştelor, ţânţarilor, puricilor etc. – Denumire comercială. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.05.2004.… …

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  • 18flit — [[t]flɪ̱t[/t]] flits, flitting, flitted 1) VERB If you flit around or flit between one place and another, you go to lots of places without staying for very long in any of them. [V prep/adv] Laura flits about New York hailing taxis at every… …

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  • 19flit —    1. to die    Literally, to remove to another place:     She canna flit in peace until she sees you. (W. Scott, 1816)    2. (do a)    to leave accommodation without paying rent due    A shortened form of moonlight flit:     The family on the… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 20flit — I UK [flɪt] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms flit : present tense I/you/we/they flit he/she/it flits present participle flitting past tense flitted past participle flitted 1) to move quickly from one place to another without stopping long She… …

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