to flit from one thing to another

См. также в других словарях:

• 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 — [[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 — [[t]flɪt[/t]] v. flit•ted, flit•ting, n. 1) to fly or move swiftly, lightly, or irregularly from one place or thing to another 2) to flutter, as a bird 3) to pass quickly: A smile flitted across his face[/ex] 4) a light, swift movement; flutter… …   From formal English to slang

• Wormhole switching — Wormhole flow control, also called Wormhole switching or Wormhole routing is a system of simple flow control in computer networking based on known fixed links. It is a subset of flow control methods called Flit Buffer Flow Control. [] . Routing… …   Wikipedia

• English language — Language belonging to the Germanic languages branch of the Indo European language family, widely spoken on six continents. The primary language of the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and various Caribbean and Pacific… …   Universalium

• Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …   Universalium

• Dating — This article is about the form of courtship. For other uses, see Dating (disambiguation). Double Date redirects here. For the episode of How I Met Your Mother , see Double Date (How I Met Your Mother). For the episode of The Office , see Double… …   Wikipedia

• List of F.E.A.R. characters & organizations — A list of F.E.A.R. characters organizations is supplied here with descriptions of both characters and the organizations they belong to from the Monolith Productions computer game F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon . It also includes details… …   Wikipedia

• 1976 Tehran UFO incident — The 1976 Tehran UFO Incident was a radar and visual sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) over Tehran, the capital of Iran, during the early morning hours of September 19, 1976. The incident is particularly notable for the… …   Wikipedia

• Wilbur Smith — Infobox Writer caption = Wilbur Smith, signing The Quest imagesize = 200px name =Wilbur Addison Smith birthdate = birth date and age|1933|1|9|df=y birthplace = Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia1 deathdate = deathplace = occupation = Novelist genre …   Wikipedia

• Florence Nightingale — Born 12 May 1820(1820 05 12) Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany Died …   Wikipedia