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Flit

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flutternoun(intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
dartnounA small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
fleetnounA group of vessels or vehicles.

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flutternoun(intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
dartnounA small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
fleetnounA group of vessels or vehicles.
runverbTo move swiftly.
stealverb(transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
flyverb(zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
flitternounA fluttering movement
flurtnounArchaic form of flirt. [A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion]
flimmernounA flickering glimmer.
flirtnounAn act of flirting.
flicknounA short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
flickerernounThat which flickers.
flickernounAn unsteady flash of light.
flickingverbThe act by which something is flicked.
flingnounA short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
flouncenounThe act of flouncing; a dramatic departure.
fluctuationnounA motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.
flitternnoun(obsolete, dialect) A young oak tree.
skitternoun(also figuratively) A skittering movement.
fidgetnounA nervous wriggling or twitching motion.

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