# flit

> English word · Noun · IPA /flɪt/ · frequency rank #55,441

## Definitions
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.

## 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/flit