Flutter

Word FLUTTER
Character 7
Hyphenation flut ter
Pronunciations /ˈflʌtə/

Definitions and meanings of "Flutter"

What do we mean by flutter?

To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner. 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. intransitive verb

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. 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. noun

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.

The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.

A state of agitation.

An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.

A small bet or risky investment.

A hasty game of cards or similar.

(audio) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.

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The word "flutter" in example sentences

In these two wind-conscious memoirs, the word flutter appears often and imaginatively. ❋ Jack Cashill (2011)

Therein flutter the souls of the dead; for the dead be many and the living few. ❋ Unknown (2010)

State Capitol police today reversed an earlier decision to allow the bright yellow "Don't Tread On Me" banner to flutter from the highly visible flagpole after learning that activists had planned a political rally following the flag-raising ceremony. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Using a series of flexible solar cells as leaves, GROW takes the shape of ivy growing on a building - the leaves are solar cells while the wind that causes them to flutter is harvested as viable energy using a series of piezoelectric generators on the underside of each leaf. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She dreams she leans over the brown dust and lifts a brown leaf that is a moth, holds it inside her mouth to revive the flutter from a frost now covering the still-live glass, the fallen pears half eaten by deer, and her shoulders exposed from the comforter her lover always drags to his side of the mattress. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Out in the street the loudspeakers bellow, the flags flutter from the rooftops, the police with their tommy-guns prowl to and fro, the face of the Leader, four feet wide, glares from every hoarding; but up in the attics the secret enemies of the régime can record their thoughts in perfect freedomthat is the idea, more or less. ❋ Unknown (1944)

In answer to that word flutter, Priscilla wrote as follows: ❋ Unknown (2004)

QUESTION: Would that be something that would create the condition known as flutter in the vertical fin? ❋ Unknown (2001)

Really, the flutter was a genuine stirring of her heart with inquietude, timidity and semi-repentance; but Mae couldn't say this, and it's only what one says out that can be reckoned on in this world. ❋ Mary Murdoch Mason (N/A)

The flutter of excitement was renewed, and this time it might almost be called a flutter of apprehension. ❋ Winston Churchill (1909)

That bizarre thing called flutter pedal, or maybe pedal trill, is it really practical in some applications I've given it several chances, and ❋ Unknown (2010)

At times they leap into the air for a few feet, claws extended toward their rival, a maneuver known as flutter-jumping. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The rainy ones fall down as if they're in a rainstorm, and the snowy ones kind of flutter to the ground. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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