flutter

Speech parts

1. flutter - Noun

2. flutter - Verb

Meaning

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

To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.

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

Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dart flit fleet disruption disturbance flap flicker commotion quiver waver bat palpitate flapping kerfuffle hoo-ha
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Antonyms

gale chinook mistral Santa Ana hush still
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Hypernyms

move movement speed wink motion wave

Hyponyms

tempest butterfly incident storm earthquake turmoil

Phrases with the word

ethereal flutter have a flutter permanent flutter eyelid flutter flutter sleeve

Examples

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever. Carl Sagan

Let us not flutter too high, but remain by the manger and the swaddling clothes of Christ, in whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Martin Luther

Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring Your Winter-garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To flutter - and the Bird is on the Wing. Omar Khayyám

I flutter all ways, and fly in none. George Eliot

Offend one monk, and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as Rome. German Proverb

Even a leaf does not flutter on the tree without the will of God. Cuban Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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