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fits and starts
(encz) | fits and starts, |
fits and starts
(wn) | fits and starts
n 1: repeated bursts of activity; "they worked in fits and
starts" |
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by fits and starts
(encz) | by fits and starts,nárazově [fráz.] nesoustavně, např. "The economic
recovery is proceeding by fits and starts." Pinoby fits and starts,nárazovitě [fráz.] Pinoby fits and starts,nepravidelně [fráz.] Pinoby fits and starts,přerušovaně [fráz.] Pino |
By fits and starts
(gcide) | Fit \Fit\, n. [AS. fit strife, fight; of uncertain origin.
[root] 77.]
1. A stroke or blow. [Obs. or R.]
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Curse on that cross, quoth then the Sarazin,
That keeps thy body from the bitter fit. --Spenser.
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2. A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of
disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces
convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm;
hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general,
an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness.
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And when the fit was on him, I did mark
How he did shake. --Shak.
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3. A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a
time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a
fit of melancholy, of passion, or of laughter.
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All fits of pleasure we balanced by an equal degree
of pain. --Swift.
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The English, however, were on this subject prone to
fits of jealously. --Macaulay.
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4. A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort,
activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or inaction;
an impulsive and irregular action.
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The fits of the season. --Shak.
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5. A darting point; a sudden emission. [R.]
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A tongue of light, a fit of flame. --Coleridge.
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By fits, By fits and starts, by intervals of action and
repose; impulsively and irregularly; intermittently.
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by fits and starts
(wn) | by fits and starts
adv 1: intermittently; "he worked on his book by fits and
starts" |
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