What does FLIT mean?
Definitions for FLIT
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Princeton's WordNet
flit, dartnoun
a sudden quick movement
flitverb
a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
"they did a moonlight flit"
flit, flutter, fleet, dartverb
move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
"The hummingbird flitted among the branches"
Wiktionary
flitnoun
A fluttering or darting movement.
flitnoun
A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
My computer just had a flit.
flitnoun
A homosexual.
flitverb
To move about rapidly and nimbly.
flitverb
To move quickly from one location to another.
flitverb
To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
My blender flits because the power cord is damaged.
flitverb
To move house (especially a sudden move to avoid debts).
flitadjective
Fast, nimble.
Etymology: From flytja. Cognate with Swedish: flytta, Danish/Norwegian: flytte, Faroese: flyta.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Flitadjective
Swift; nimble; quick.
Etymology: from fleet.
And in his hand two darts exceeding flit,
And deadly sharp, he held; whose heads were dight,
In poison and in blood, of malice and despight. Fairy Qu.To Flitverb
Etymology: from To fleet; or from flitter, Danish, to remove.
Likest it seemeth, in my simple wit,
Unto the fair sunshine in Summer’s day,
That when a dreadful storm away is flit,
Through the broad world doth spread his goodly ray. Edmund Spenser.His grudging ghost did strive
With the frail flesh; at last it flitted is,
Whither the souls do die of men that live amiss. Fairy Qu.So hardly he the flitted life does win,
Unto her native prison to return. Fairy Queen, cant. 7.It became a received opinion, that the souls of men, departing this life, did flit out one body into some other. Richard Hooker.
He made a glancing shot, and miss’d the dove;
Yet miss’d so narrow, that he cut the cord
Which fasten’d, by the foot, the flitting bird. John Dryden, Æn.Fear the just gods, and think of Scylla’s fate!
Chang’d to a bird, and sent to flit in air. Alexander Pope.Himself up high he lifted from the ground,
And with strong flight did forcibly divide
The yielding air, which nigh too feeble found
Her flitting parts, and element unsound. Fairy Queen, b. i.He stopt at once the passage of his wind,
And the free soul to flitting air resign’d. John Dryden, Æn.
Wikipedia
FLIT
FLIT is the brand name for an insecticide. The original product, invented by chemist Dr. Franklin C. Nelson and launched in 1923 and mainly intended for killing flies and mosquitoes, was mineral oil based and manufactured by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey before the company, now part of ExxonMobil, was renamed first Esso and later Exxon. The Esso formulation contained 5% DDT in the late 1940s and early 1950s, before the negative environmental impact of DDT was widely understood. Later marketed as "FLIT MLO", it has since been discontinued. A hand-operated atomizer called a Flit gun was commonly used to perform the spraying. The Flit brand name has been reused for another insecticide product, with the primary active ingredient of permethrin, marketed by Clarke Mosquito Control. The current product is most often used to control adult mosquitoes. Spraying it into the air kills adult mosquitoes that are present and then by settling onto surfaces it kills mosquitoes that may later land.
ChatGPT
flit
Flit is a verb that refers to moving swiftly and lightly from one location or thing to another, often used to describe the movements of small creatures such as birds or insects. It can also refer to changing one's mind or interest quickly and often.
Webster Dictionary
Flitverb
to move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along
Flitverb
to flutter; to rove on the wing
Flitverb
to pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate
Flitverb
to remove from one place or habitation to another
Flitverb
to be unstable; to be easily or often moved
Flitadjective
nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet
Etymology: [OE. flitten, flutten, to carry away; cf. Icel. flytja, Sw. flytta, Dan. flytte. 84. Cf. Fleet, v. i.]
Wikidata
Flit
Flit is the brand name for an insecticide. The original product, invented by chemist Dr. Franklin C. Nelson and launched in 1923 and mainly intended for killing flies and mosquitoes, was mineral oil based and manufactured by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey before the company, now part of ExxonMobil, renamed itself first Esso and later Exxon. The Esso formulation contained 5% DDT in the late 1940s and early 1950s, before the negative environmental impact of DDT was widely understood. Later marketed as "FLIT MLO," it has since been discontinued. A hand-operated device called a Flit gun was commonly used to perform the spraying. The Flit brand name has been reused for another insecticide product, with the primary active ingredient of permethrin, marketed by Clarke Mosquito Control. The current product is most often used to control adult mosquitoes. Spraying it into the air kills adult mosquitoes that are present and then by settling onto surfaces it kills mosquitoes that may later land.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Flit
flit, v.i. to flutter on the wing: to fly quickly: to be unsteady or easily moved: (Scot.) to remove from place to place:—pr.p. flit′ting; pa.p. flit′ted.—n. Flit′ting, a removal from one house to another: a wandering. [Ice. flytja; Sw. flytta.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of FLIT in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of FLIT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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