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1 flit
A n1 ( move) to do a flit ○ ( move house) déménager à la cloche de bois ○ ; ( leave) filer à l'anglaise ;1 ( fly) ( also flit about) [bird, bat, moth] voleter ; to flit from tree to tree voleter d'arbre en arbre ;2 ( move quickly and lightly) [person] aller d'un pas léger ; she was flitting about the house elle allait et venait dans la maison d'un pas précipité ;3 ( flash) a look of panic flitted across his face une expression de panique lui traversa le visage ; an idea flitted through my mind une idée me traversa l'esprit ;4 ( move restlessly) to flit from one thing to another passer rapidement d'une chose à l'autre ; to flit from one country to another aller et venir d'un pays à l'autre.
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