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Flutter   /flˈətər/   Listen
Flutter

noun
1.
The act of moving back and forth.  Synonyms: flicker, waver.
2.
Abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block.
3.
A disorderly outburst or tumult.  Synonyms: commotion, disruption, disturbance, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do.
4.
The motion made by flapping up and down.  Synonyms: flap, flapping, fluttering.
verb
1.
Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart.  Synonyms: dart, fleet, flit.
2.
Move back and forth very rapidly.  Synonyms: flicker, flitter, quiver, waver.
3.
Flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements.
4.
Beat rapidly.  Synonym: palpitate.
5.
Wink briefly.  Synonym: bat.



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"Flutter" Quotes from Famous Books



... rattling on the ground, and now—no, there was no deception, the wounded man's chest rose under her ear, she heard the faint throbbing of his heart, the feeble flutter of a ...
— Uarda • Georg Ebers
... to bestir himself in the rural Cantonments eastward, is but a Royalist traitor; that Chateau-Vieux and Patriotism are sold to Austria, of which latter M. de Malseigne is probably some agent. Mestre-de-Camp and Roi flutter still more questionably: Chateau-Vieux, far from marching, 'waves red flags out of two carriages,' in a passionate manner, along the streets; and next morning answers its Officers: "Pay us, then; and we will march with you ...
— The French Revolution • Thomas Carlyle
... flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore: Not the least obeisance made he; not an instant stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door,— Perched upon ...
— The American Union Speaker • John D. Philbrick
... the children, ready dressed for their parts, were in a tremendous flutter. Even the little wee ones were to do something. They were stationed at the parlor door with baskets, and charged not to let a soul come in, unless the pair of mittens were paid into one of the baskets. I warrant you they took very ...
— The Two Story Mittens and the Little Play Mittens - Being the Fourth Book of the Series • Frances Elizabeth Barrow
... Taylor. Louise jumped up in a flutter. He didn't take any notice of her excitement. 'I heard that you were living here,' he said, 'and knowing what sort of an old place it is, I've come to see if I can be of any use to you.' Here he looked about at the cracks in the walls and the holes in the roof. 'And you'll pardon ...
— An Arkansas Planter • Opie Percival Read


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