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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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
Marty spends a whole week flitting between the ’80s and the ’50s, never fully absorbing what the differences between those decades mean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
An hour later, the two scholars and the flitting icthyod paused again to look backward.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
