2. A removal from one habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov.
Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting, and it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to move away. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Flitting — Flitt ing, Flytting Flytt ing, n. Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century. [Obs. or Scot.] These flytings consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flitting — index transitory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Flitting — Flit Flit, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flitting}.] [OE. flitten, flutten, to carry away; cf. Icel. flytja, Sw. flytta, Dan. flytte. [root]84. Cf. {Fleet}, v. i.] 1. To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flitting — Synonyms and related words: adrift, afloat, airborne, alternating, amorphous, brittle, capricious, changeable, changeful, circumforaneous, corruptible, deciduous, desultory, deviable, discursive, divagatory, dizzy, drifting, dying, eccentric,… … Moby Thesaurus
flitting — Cleveland Dialect List a removal from one place of residence to another … English dialects glossary
flitting — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. transitory, ephemeral, evanescent; see fleeting , temporary … English dictionary for students
flitting — n. act of moving house (English usage); strife (Scottish usage); flying lightly and rapidly flɪt n. quick light movement; fluttering; change of residence (Scottish); homosexual (derogatory) v. fly; flutter; dart; move quickly; change location;… … English contemporary dictionary
flitting — a. Fleeting, evanescent, transient, transitory, passing, fugitive, ephemeral … New dictionary of synonyms
flitting — adj 1. darting, flirting, skimming, fleeting, passing; fast, rapid, fleet, quick, brisk, meteoric, mercurial. 2. transient, transitory, momentary, ephemeral, shortlived, temporary, brief. 3. fluttering, flittering, flapping, beating, waving,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
flitting — /ˈflɪtɪŋ/ (say fliting) adjective moving lightly and swiftly; passing quickly; fluttering. –flittingly, adverb …
