darting about
Moving in bursts
Darting about describes quick, sudden movements in multiple directions—the erratic motion of a hummingbird, a child's eyes scanning a crowd, or someone rushing around a room looking for lost keys.
The phrase emphasizes both speed and lack of fixed direction: Fish were darting about in the shallows.
- skitteringMoving with quick, light steps
- flittingMoving swiftly and briefly
- quick as a flashExtremely fast, immediate
- zigzaggingMoving in sharp turns
- here and thereIn various places
scampering · whizzing · all over the place · sprinting · scurrying · bounding · dashing · leaping · mental agility · short attention span · zipping · jumping to conclusions · daydreaming · hyperactivity · racing thoughts · multitasking · dodging · scrambling
stillness vs. motion
darting aboutstanding still
Absence of motion
staying put · motionless · immobile · static · at rest