Synonyms of the word flit


FLITDART - FLEET - FLUTTER - HURRY - MOTILITY - MOTION - MOVE - MOVEMENT - RELOCATION - SPEED - ZIP

flit

  • n. A fluttering or darting movement.
  • n. (physics) A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
  • n. (slang) A homosexual.
  • v. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
  • v. To move quickly from one location to another.
  • v. (physics) To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
  • v. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
  • v. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
  • adj. (poetic, obsolete) Fast, nimble.

dart

  • n. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; any sharp-pointed…
  • n. Anything resembling such a pointed missile weapon; anything that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
  • n. (Australia, obsolete) A plan or scheme.
  • n. A sudden or fast movement.
  • n. (sewing) A fold that is stitched on a garment.
  • n. A fish; the dace.
  • n. (in the plural) A game of throwing darts at a target.
  • n. (Australia, Canada, colloquial) A cigarette.
  • v. (transitive) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
  • v. (transitive) To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.
  • v. (intransitive) To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.
  • v. (intransitive) To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.

fleet

  • n. A group of vessels or vehicles.
  • n. Any group of associated items.
  • n. (nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of…
  • n. (nautical, British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear-admiral's…
  • n. (obsolete) A flood; a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, a river subject to the tide. cognate to Low German…
  • n. (nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
  • v. (obsolete) To float.
  • v. To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
  • v. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
  • v. (nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of…
  • v. (nautical, intransitive, of people) To move or change in position.
  • v. (nautical, obsolete) To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
  • v. To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
  • v. To take the cream from; to skim.
  • adj. (literary) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble;…
  • adj. (uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

flutter

  • v. (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
  • v. (intransitive, of a winged animal) To flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the…
  • v. (transitive) To cause something to flap.
  • v. (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
  • n. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
  • n. A state of agitation.
  • n. An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
  • n. (Britain) A small bet or risky investment.
  • n. (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.

hurry

  • n. Rushed action.
  • n. Urgency.
  • n. (sports) In American football, an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster…
  • v. (intransitive) To do things quickly.
  • v. (intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to be done quickly.
  • v. (transitive) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
  • v. (transitive) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.

motility

  • n. (uncountable) The state of being motile.
  • n. (countable) The degree to which something is motile.

motion

  • n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
  • n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
  • n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
  • n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
  • n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
  • n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
  • n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
  • n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
  • n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
  • n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
  • n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
  • v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
  • v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
  • v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

move

  • v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
  • v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
  • v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
  • v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
  • v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
  • v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  • v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
  • n. The act of moving; a movement.
  • n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
  • n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
  • n. The event of changing one's residence.
  • n. A change in strategy.
  • n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  • n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

movement

  • n. Physical motion between points in space.
  • n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
  • n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
  • n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
  • n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
  • n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
  • n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
  • n. An act of emptying the bowels.
  • n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

relocation

  • n. The act of moving from one place to another.
  • n. Renewal of a lease.
  • n. (computing) The assigning of addresses to variables either at linkage editing, or at run time.

speed

  • n. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity.
  • n. The rate of motion or action, specifically (mathematics)/(physics) the magnitude of the velocity; the…
  • n. (photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
  • n. (photography) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open.
  • n. (photography) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
  • n. (photography) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
  • n. (slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a…
  • n. (archaic) Luck, success, prosperity.
  • n. (slang) Personal preference.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
  • v. (intransitive) To go fast.
  • v. (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
  • v. (transitive) To increase the rate at which something occurs.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
  • v. (obsolete) To be expedient.
  • v. (archaic) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
  • v. (archaic) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
  • v. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
  • v. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

zip

  • n. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
  • n. (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
  • n. (Britain, New Zealand) A zip fastener.
  • n. (slang) Zero; nothing.
  • n. A trip on a zipline.
  • n. (computing, informal) A zip file.
  • n. (slang) An ounce of marijuana.
  • interj. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
  • v. (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file,…
  • v. (intransitive) (followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified…
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) (followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to…
  • v. (transitive) To make (something) move quickly.
  • v. To travel on a zipline.
  • n. (US) A ZIP code; a US postal code.
  • n. (US, by extension) Any postal code, for any country.

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