- flit about
- phr. v. โฉบrelated: บินผ่านอย่างเร็ว
English-Thai dictionary. 2014.
flit about
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flit — vb Flit, flutter, flitter, flicker, hover suggest the movements of a bird or other flying or floating thing and mean to move in a manner like or reminiscent of such movements Flit implies a light and swift passing from place to place or point to… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
flit — [flıt] v past tense and past participle flitted present participle flitting [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: flytja to carry around ] to move lightly or quickly and not stay in one place for very long ▪ Birds … Dictionary of contemporary English
flit — [[t]flɪ̱t[/t]] flits, flitting, flitted 1) VERB If you flit around or flit between one place and another, you go to lots of places without staying for very long in any of them. [V prep/adv] Laura flits about New York hailing taxis at every… … English dictionary
flit — 1. to die Literally, to remove to another place: She canna flit in peace until she sees you. (W. Scott, 1816) 2. (do a) to leave accommodation without paying rent due A shortened form of moonlight flit: The family on the… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
flit — 1. noun a) A fluttering or darting movement. My computer just had a flit. b) A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state. 2. verb a) To move about rapidly and nimbly … Wiktionary
flit — verb flitted, flitting (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move lightly or quickly and not stay in one place for very long: birds flitting about from branch to branch see also: do a moonlight flit moonlight 1 (2) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
flit — Synonyms and related words: advance, aeroplane, air speed, airlift, airplane, auntie, ball the jack, balloon, barrel, bat around, be airborne, beat, beating, bi guy, bicker, bisexual, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, brush, bull dyke, bum … Moby Thesaurus
go about — Synonyms and related words: about ship, accept, assume, attack, attempt, back and fill, bat around, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, become public, box off, break, bring about, bring round, buckle to, bum, buzz about,… … Moby Thesaurus
do a moonlight flit — British, informal to leave somewhere secretly at night, usually to avoid paying money that you owe. We could always do a moonlight flit that way we wouldn t have to explain about the money … New idioms dictionary
gad about — Synonyms and related words: bat around, bum, count ties, divagate, drift, flit, gad, gallivant, go about, go the rounds, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, jaunt, knock about, knock around, meander, mooch, nomadize, peregrinate, pererrate, prowl … Moby Thesaurus
knock about — Synonyms and related words: abuse, bat around, batter, bruise, buffet, bum, count ties, divagate, do violence to, do wrong by, do wrong to, drift, flit, gad, gad about, gallivant, go about, go the rounds, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, ill… … Moby Thesaurus
