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Webster 1913 Edition
Flitting
Flit′ting
,Noun.
1.
A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.
2.
A removal from one habitation to another.
[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
A neighbor had lent his cart for the
flitting
, and it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to move away. Jeffrey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flitting
FLIT'TING
,ppr.
FLIT'TING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
flitting
flitting
English
Verb
flitting
- present participle of flit
Noun
flitting (plural flittings)
- The motion of something that flits.
- the flittings of birds
- (Scotland, Northern England) The act of moving from one residence to another; moving house.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 87:
- Uncle Billy came home for the weekend to help with the flitting.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 87: