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Definition of Fluttering
1. Noun. The motion made by flapping up and down.
Generic synonyms: Undulation, Wave
Derivative terms: Flap, Flap, Flap, Flap, Flap, Flap, Flap, Flap, Flutter
Definition of Fluttering
1. Noun. Rapid back and forth waving or oscillation. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of flutter) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fluttering
1. flutter [v] - See also: flutter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluttering
Literary usage of Fluttering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1844)
"The kindest wishes and the inosi fluttering expressions come to us from every
quarter. \Ve take leave to publish the following extracts, ..."
2. Meditations and Contemplations by James Hervey (1813)
"than our fingers press such a feeble fluttering insect to Wire not such the
breathings of his enamoured soul i' ..."
3. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... thy heart and By flying hair and fluttering hem, — the feet, How passionately
and irretrievably, In what fond flight, how many ways and days ! Lxxviii. ..."