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flutter English

Meaning flutter meaning

What does flutter mean?
Definitions in simple English

flutter Verb

— If something flutters, it moves unsteadily quickly right and left or up and down, often because of wind. She was very sleepy, but from time to time, her eyes fluttered open. The leaves fluttered down from the trees and around the house. Three bright flags fluttered in the wind. The wind set the leaves of the tree fluttering. Leaves flutter when the wind blows. A candle flame will flutter if the wind blows.

flutter Noun

— A flutter is a quick movement up and down or left and right. — A flutter is the sound of this movement.

flutter

— noun (= waver) the act of moving back and forth — verb (= flit, dart) move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart The hummingbird flitted among the branches — verb (= flicker) move back and forth very rapidly the candle flickered — verb flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements The seagulls fluttered overhead — noun abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block — verb (= bat) wink briefly bat one's eyelids — verb (= palpitate) beat rapidly His heart palpitated — noun (= flap, flapping) the motion made by flapping up and down — noun (= disturbance) a disorderly outburst or tumult they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused

Synonyms flutter synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as flutter?

flutter English » English

wave flap flicker fly sway flit waver quiver shake fan tremble flitter stir palpitate oscillate hover heave fluttering flap wings commotion agitation vibrate swing shiver ruffle rock play jitter disturbance blow bat wriggle wag waft waff vibration twinkle trepidation to-do swarm sport shock shaking rustle ripple restlessness quake kerfuffle hurly burly hoo-hah

Topics flutter topics

What do people use flutter to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal movement
Person Body Head

Eye
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move back and forth
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Wind

Conjugation flutter conjugation

How do you conjugate flutter?

flutter · verb

Examples flutter examples

How do I use flutter in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Don't flutter about like a hen, when you can soar to the heights of an eagle.
The wind blows and the flags flutter.
He makes young girls' hearts flutter.

Movie subtitles

No, peaceful shadows, the flutter of wings in the treetops.
I'm all a-flutter.
Give a nervous flutter or two, Kathy or the bellboys won't joke as they carry up your bags.
Well, she was welcome to come and flutter her wings with me.
And in the elegant melancholy of twilight, as the candles flutter and make your eyes dance, he will tell you he loves you.
Your fingers must flutter, and your wrist keeps supple. The arms don't move.
The girls will flutter about him like moths around a flame.
Some heart flutter.
Do I see the flutter of white flags?
Flutter.
She makes a closer inspection and subjects the house to testing to see whether it conforms to her specifications, and he's in quite a flutter.
I declare, little lady, you're a sight to make this country boy's heart flutter.
As I flutter around.
The moment I set that in motion, it'll cause a few hearts to flutter and a few minds to get busy.
I'm supposed to flutter around in white.
Man, you cackle and flutter like a chicken.
There's a flutter in it.
A flutter?
It's the flutter that bothers me.
She would let a falcon out, of her right sleeve he'll flutter out. Fly on, falcon, high and far!
The flowers me beckon, They flutter and sway.
There's a heart flutter.
In half a year the white flag will flutter again upon Notre Dame and the republic is forgotten.
I keep kicking this foot of mine, and. when I have a bad patch, I like someone to flutter around. so that I can be a perfect swine to them.
You can't play with Maubrun like a flutter on the stock market.
Flutter the fan. and then flutter the eyelids so.
Now, uh, flutter it.
Your fingers must flutter, and your wrist keeps supple. The arms don't move. Listen.
The scattered blossoms of my heart flutter down to the green pond.
There's a heart flutter. He's dying.
There are beings that flutter through the ocean like waltzing orchids.
Flutter, like birds.
Flutter, flutter!

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