flitting

verb

present participle of flit
as in darting
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements bargain hunters at the flea market flitted from table to table like hummingbirds in a garden

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Recent Examples of flitting An airy, not-too-sweet vanilla like Taunt is the perfect encapsulation of a Gemini who’s always flitting from one topic of interest to the next. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 14 July 2026 Within moments, someone pointed out a starling flitting across the hazy sky. — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026 The stairs bear witness to feet, flitting up and down, a whispering flood of life that has carried us forth to this day. — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026 Early mornings at Mukwa are quiet, with mist rising off the river and birds flitting along the river bank. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 In the garden, bumblebees, hummingbirds, and butterflies can be found flitting among the dazzling blooms. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 May 2026 The report said the ultra wealthy are more mobile than ever, buying homes around the world and flitting from city to city more frequently. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026 Although the Marshallese players were mostly stone-faced, their eyes—briefly flitting over to the crowd and the many cameras that followed them onto the field—belied both their excitement and anxiety at the gravity of the moment. — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 Apr. 2026 This commentary was not from a wonkish TikToker nor a network pundit but from TMZ, the merciless purveyor of celebrity dirt, which published the images of Graham after a citizen vacationer noticed the senator flitting through the theme park and sent pictures. — Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flitting
  1. darting
  2. fluttering
  3. dancing
Verb
  • The Barcelona forward is a different option to Solanke with his ability in tight spaces and desire to stretch the defensive line with darting runs in-behind.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Tagging the Globetrotting travel company, the Fast Five actress shared a carousel of highlights from the safari, including photos of elephants in the wild, horseback riding excursions, and a cheetah darting into a tree—as well as her mini-me.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 28 July 2026
Definition of darting
Verb
  • The sky was alive with millions of fluttering shapes, congregating into clouds at random, occasionally turning into ribbons that wound through the trees.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
  • Both are excellent as women emerging from a pupa of damage and tentatively fluttering their wings.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
Definition of fluttering
Verb
  • Mizuno herself was a ballet dancer and trained at the Royal Ballet School before dancing with companies including English National Ballet, Dresden Semperoper Ballet and Scottish Ballet.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • And going back to movies, the Michael Jackson biopic Michael turned a cinema screening into a concert-like experience, with viewers singing, dancing and transforming the theater into an impromptu dance floor.
    — Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of dancing

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