—v.intr. (flitted, flitting)
1 move lightly, softly, or rapidly (flitted from one room to another).
2 fly lightly; make short flights (flitted from branch to branch).
3 Brit. colloq. leave one's house etc. secretly to escape creditors or obligations.
4 esp. Sc. & N.Engl. change one's home; move.
—n.
1 an act of flitting.
2 (also moonlight flit) a secret change of abode in order to escape creditors etc.
Derivatives:
flitter n.
Etymology: ME f. ON flytja: rel. to FLEET(5)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.