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1. (v.i.) flutter
to wave or flap about:
Banners fluttered in the breeze.
2. flutter
to flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements.
3. flutter
to move in quick, irregular motions; vibrate.
4. flutter
to beat rapidly, as the heart.
5. flutter
to be tremulous or agitated.
6. flutter
to go with irregular motions or aimless course.
7. (v.t.) flutter
to cause to flutter.
8. flutter
to throw into nervous or tremulous excitement or agitation.
9. (n.) flutter
a fluttering movement.
10. flutter
a state of nervous excitement or mental agitation:
a flutter of anticipation.
11. flutter
a stir; flurry.
12. flutter
a variation in pitch resulting from rapid fluctuations in the speed of a sound recording.
13. flutter
Chiefly Brit. a small wager or speculative investment.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME floteren, OE floterian, freq. of flotian to float)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) waver, flutter, flicker
the act of moving back and forth
2. (noun) flutter
abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
3. (noun) disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
a disorderly outburst or tumult
"they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
4. (verb) flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering
the motion made by flapping up and down
5. (verb) flit, flutter, fleet, dart
move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
"The hummingbird flitted among the branches"
6. (verb) flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
move back and forth very rapidly
"the candle flickered"
7. (verb) flutter
flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
"The seagulls fluttered overhead"
8. (verb) palpitate, flutter
beat rapidly
"His heart palpitated"
9. (verb) bat, flutter
wink briefly
"bat one's eyelids"
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1. (verb) flutter
to move with light quick movements
The butterfly's wings fluttered.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) flutter
the act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan
2. (noun) flutter
hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder
3. (verb) flutter
to vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings
4. (verb) flutter
to drive in disorder; to throw into confusion
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Sense: to (cause to) move quickly
A leaf fluttered to the ground.
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 Afrikaans: fladder |
 Arabic: يَخْفِق، يُرَفْرِف |
 Bulgarian: прехвръквам |
 Brazilian: tremular |
 Czech: snést se (na zem) |
 German: wehen |
 Danish: flagre |
 Greek: κινούμαι νευρικά, ανεμίζω |
 Spanish: revolotear |
 Estonian: laperdama |
 Farsi: غلتیدن |
 Finnish: lepattaa |
 French: (faire) voltiger |
 Hebrew: לנפנף |
 Hindi: हिलाना |
 Croatian: lebdjeti |
 Hungarian: lebeg |
 Indonesian: bergerak cepat |
 Icelandic: feykjast; flökta |
 Italian: volteggiare |
 Japanese: ひらひらする |
 Korean: 휘날리다 |
 Lithuanian: pleventi |
 Latvian: plivināt; plivināties |
 Malay: bergerak pantas |
 Dutch: dwarrelen |
 Norwegian: flagre |
 Polish: (po)sunąć, fruwać |
 Persian: غلتیدن |
 Pashto: رپیدل |
 Portuguese: adejar |
 Romanian: a flutura |
 Russian: трепетать |
 Slovak: zniesť sa |
 Slovenian: frfotati |
 Serbian: lepršavo padati |
 Swedish: fladdra, singla, vaja |
 Thai: สะบัด |
 Turkish: çırpınmak |
 Taiwanese: 飄落，使飄動 |
 Ukrainian: перелітати, пурхати |
 Urdu: تیزی سے حرکت کرنا |
 Vietnamese: rung rinh;đu đưa; dập dờn |
 Chinese: 飘落 |
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