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Definition of Flutter

1. Verb. Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart. "The streets flutter with crowds"; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"

2. Noun. The act of moving back and forth.

3. Verb. Move back and forth very rapidly. "The streets flutter with crowds"; "The candle flickered"

4. Noun. Abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block.

5. Verb. Flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements. "The seagulls fluttered overhead"

6. Noun. A disorderly outburst or tumult. "They were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"

7. Verb. Beat rapidly. "His heart palpitated"

8. Noun. The motion made by flapping up and down.

9. Verb. Wink briefly. "Bat one's eyelids"

Definition of Flutter

1. v. t. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

2. n. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan.

Definition of Flutter

1. Verb. (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To cause something to flap. ¹

4. Noun. The act of fluttering. ¹

5. Noun. A state of agitation. ¹

6. Noun. An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart. ¹

7. Noun. (British) A small bet or risky investment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flutter

1. to wave rapidly and irregularly [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Flutter

1. A rapid vibration or pulsation. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flutter

fluters flutes flutey fluticasone flutier flutiest flutily flutina flutinas flutiness

fluting flutings flutist flutists flutrimazole flutter (current term) flutter-fibrillation flutter-fibrillation waves flutter in the dovecote flutter kick

flutter the dovecote flutterball flutterbies flutterboard flutterboards flutterby fluttered fluttered the dovecote flutterer

Literary usage of Flutter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"Rackett, and Miss Brunton as Letitia ; at Drury Lane in January, 1818, with Dowton as Hardy, Harley as flutter, Mrs. Clover as Mr.-: ..."

2. Clinical Disorders of the Heart Beat: A Handbook for Practitioners and Students by Thomas Lewis (1920)
"flutter is a comparatively rare condition, and is usually associated with ... Occurring as it does in elderly cases, flutter is often associated with ..."

3. The Young Mill-wright and Miller's Guide: Illustrated by Twenty-eight by Oliver Evans, Cadwallader Evans, Thomas Ellicott (1860)
"THE wheels for saw-mills have been variously constructed; the most simple, where water is plenty, and the fall above 6 feet, is the flutter-wheel; ..."

4. Water Rights Determination by Jay Manuel Whitham (1918)
"flutter OR SAW MILL WHEELS flutter wheels are primitive ... The discharge coefficient for the gate of the flutter wheel is nearly or quite 100 per cent as ..."

5. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"Auricular flutter In the condition known as auricular ... Patients with flutter are, as a rule, rather sensitive to vagus pressure, which causes an abrupt ..."

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