Flitting /(?)/

Flit·ting

Flitting

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.

Flitting

n.
  1. 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.