flitting

Etymology

From flit + -ing.

noun

1. gerund of flit: the motion of something that flits.
   the flittings of birds
   The hare lends its form to the witch for her twilight flittings and scuddings to the place of some unhallowed rendezvous. 1845, Dublin University Magazine, volume 25, page 39
2. (Northern England, Scotland) The act of moving from one residence to another; moving house.
   Uncle Billy came home for the weekend to help with the flitting. 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 87

verb

1. present participle and gerund of flit

adj

1. Brief, likely to be of short duration.