flit

Meanings

1. A fluttering or darting movement.
2. A sudden departure from a property.
3. A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
4. A homosexual.

1. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
2. To move quickly from one location to another.
3. To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
4. To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
5. To move a tethered animal to a new grazing location.
6. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.

1. Fast, nimble.

1. A flow control unit or flow control digit.

Etymology

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”).