flit

flit
v
1. dart, flirt, hop, volitate; fly, soar, sail, zoom, sweep, skim, skim along.
2. flutter, flitter, flap, beat, wave; flick, flicker, dance; quiver, quaver.
3.(all of time) fly by, pass swiftly, pass by or away quickly, fleet; elapse, lapse, slip, slide, glide; fade, melt; vanish, disappear, evaporate, go up in smoke.
n
4. flutter, flicker, flitter, flap, beat, beating; waver, quiver, quaver, dance.
5.Slang. homosexual, homophile, homosexualist; All Derog. Sl. homo, queer, faggot, fag, fruit, pansy, fairy.

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