Flutter
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English
Verb
Flutter (third-person singular simple present Flutters, present participle Fluttering, simple past and past participle Fluttered)
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- flags fluttering in the wind
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
Noun
Flutter (plural Flutters)- The act of fluttering.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (UK) A small bet or risky investment.
- 1915: W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, Ch. 93
- "Oh, by the way, I heard of a rather good thing today, New Kleinfonteins; it's a gold mine in Rhodesia. If you'd like to have a flutter you might make a bit."
- So with his victory odds currently at 14/1 or 3/1 for the podium, he's still most certainly well worth a flutter... - Gray Matter: How will Schu do?
- 1915: W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, Ch. 93
Derived terms
Adjectives for Flutter
unconscious; faint; indescribable; continual; perpetual; gay; sleek.
Adverbs for Flutter
recurrently; lightly; tremulously; gently; wantonly; ominously; convulsively; persistently; gaily; indescribably .
Thesaurus
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Etymology
From Middle English floteren, from Old English floterian, flotorian (“to float about, flutter”). Cognate with Low German fluttern, fluddern (“to flutter”). More at float.
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