flitting
Synonyms
Antonyms
vibrate
quiver
palpitate
flicker
flit
vibrate
quiver
palpitate
flicker
flit
perch
roost
nestle
settle
subside
collapse
rest
lull
pause
pose
sink
Flit"ting, n. 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. Flitt"ing, Flytt"ing, n. Defn: Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century. [Obs. or Scot.] These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants. Saintsbury.