Flutter

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  • intransitive verb. To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To fly by a quick light flapping of the wings.
  • intransitive verb. To flap the wings without flying.
  • intransitive verb. To move or fall in a manner suggestive of tremulous flight.
  • intransitive verb. To vibrate or beat rapidly or erratically.
  • intransitive verb. To move quickly in a nervous, restless, or excited fashion; flit.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to flutter.
  • noun. The act of fluttering.
  • noun. A condition of nervous excitement or agitation.
  • noun. A commotion; a stir.
  • noun. Abnormally rapid pulsation, especially of the atria or ventricles of the heart.
  • noun. Rapid fluctuation in the pitch of a sound reproduction resulting from variations in the speed of the recording or reproducing equipment.
  • noun. A small bet; a gamble.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Quick and irregular motion, as of wings; rapid vibration, undulation, or pulsation: as, the flutter of a fan or of the heart.
  • noun. Agitation; confusion; confused or excited feeling or action.
  • noun. A flow of mingled water and steam from the gage-cocks of a steam-boiler. This occurs in locomotives when the boiler primes, or works water into the cylinders.
  • To float; undulate; fluctuate.
  • To move up and down or to and fro in quick irregular motions; vibrate, throb, or move about rapidly or variably; hover or waver in quick motion.
  • To be in agitation; fluctuate in feeling; be in uncertainty; hang on the balance.
  • To be frivolous or foppish; play the part of a beau of the period; fly from one thing to another.
  • To move in quick irregular motions; agitate; vibrate: as, a bird fluttering its wings.
  • To cause to flutter; disorder; throw into confusion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To vibrate or move quickly.
  • transitive verb. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.
  • noun. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration.
  • noun. Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder.
  • noun. a water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; -- so called from the spattering, and the fluttering noise it makes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
  • verb. Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
  • verb. To cause something to flap.
  • noun. The act of fluttering.
  • noun. A state of agitation.
  • noun. An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
  • noun. A small bet or risky investment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. wink briefly
  • verb. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
  • noun. the motion made by flapping up and down
  • noun. the act of moving back and forth
  • verb. flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
  • noun. abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
  • verb. beat rapidly
  • verb. move back and forth very rapidly
  • noun. a disorderly outburst or tumult
  • cross-reference
    flap  
    Hypernym
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    Nutter  Sutter  aflutter  butter  clutter  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clatter  flicker  flurry  gasp  hum  
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