flit

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English flitten, flytten, from Old Norse flytja (“to move”), from Proto-Germanic *flutjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow; run”). Cognate Icelandic flytja, Swedish flytta, Danish flytte, Norwegian flytte, Faroese flyta. Compare also Saterland Frisian flitskje (“to rush; run quickly”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /flɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪt ==== Noun ==== flit (plural flits) A fluttering or darting movement. A sudden departure from a property. (physics) A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state. (dated, slang) A homosexual. ===== Derived terms ===== do a flit do a moonlight flit moonlight flit ==== Verb ==== flit (third-person singular simple present flits, present participle flitting, simple past and past participle flitted) To move about rapidly and nimbly. 1855, Tennyson, Maud: A shadow flits before me, / Not thou, but like to thee; […] To move quickly from one location to another. (physics) To unpredictably change state for short periods of time. (UK, dialect) To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts). To move a tethered animal to a new grazing location. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved. ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== ==== Adjective ==== flit (comparative more flit, superlative most flit) (poetic, obsolete) Fast, nimble. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Short for fl(ow control un)it or fl(ow control dig)it. ==== Noun ==== flit (plural flits) (networking) A flow control unit or flow control digit. === Anagrams === ILTF, lift == Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === flit (past min flit, future go flit, a go flit, wi flit, wil flit, completive dun flit, imperfective a flit) to spray == Indonesian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === flit (plural flit-flit) insect killer == Middle English == === Noun === flit alternative form of flyt == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === flit m (definite singular fliten, uncountable) (pre-2012) alternative form of flid m == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *flit, from Proto-Germanic *flītaz, for which compare *flītan (“to strive”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flit/ === Noun === flit n argument, fight arguing, fighting contest, competition ==== Usage notes ==== By the written period, flit almost exclusively appears in compounds; otherwise the synonym ġeflit is used. See there for usage notes, and for evidence that the /i/ is short. ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== flitcræft flitfull flitġeorn flitmǣlum ġeflit ==== Related terms ==== flītan == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English flit, from Old Norse flytja. === Verb === flit (third-person singular simple present flits, present participle flittin, simple past and past participle flittit) To move house. To flit. ==== Derived terms ==== munelicht flittin == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish flit, from Middle Low German vlīt, vlît, from Old Saxon *flīt, from Proto-West Germanic *flīt, from Proto-Germanic *flītaz, for which compare *flītan (“to strive”). See also German Low German Fliet, Saterland Frisian Fliet, Dutch vlijt, Danish flid, Norwegian Bokmål flid, Norwegian Nynorsk flit, and German Fleiß, Fleiss. === Pronunciation === === Noun === flit c diligence, industriousness, energy ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== flitbetyg flitig flitpengar ==== See also ==== med flit (“on purpose”) === References === “flit”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “flit”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “flit”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === filt