flit
verb (used without object)
to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along.
flitting
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present participleof flit.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Matt said the highlight of the experience would be the blue morpho butterfly from central America, "with iridescent blue wings, darting and flitting" around the space.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
He’s both movie-star hunky and action-star engrossing, flitting between these two deceptively binary ends without breaking a sweat.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
“When we’re at dinner, I don’t want to have projects about work flitting through my head, and I used to do that way too much,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Rates flitting back below 6% isn’t out of the question this year.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
He’d successfully kept Jan Burres and Wayne Westerberg at arm’s length, flitting out of their lives before anything was expected of him.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
