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- DictionaryFlut·ter/ˈflədər/
verb
- 1. (of a bird or other winged creature) fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly: "a couple of butterflies fluttered around the garden"
noun
- 1. an act of fluttering: "there was a flutter of wings at the window"
- 2. a small bet: informal British "a flutter on the horses"
To flutter is to wave, flap, or toss, usually in reference to wings. The baby robin fluttered its wings as it prepared to fly from the nest for the first time. To flutter is to move in a quick, irregular motion or to vibrate, as when a flag flutters in a small breeze.
to make a series of quick delicate movements up and down or from side to side, or to cause something to do this: Brightly colored flags were fluttering in the breeze. flutter down Leaves fluttered down onto the path. flutter about Butterflies fluttered about in the sunshine.
Flutter means to move back and forth rapidly. Flags flutter in the wind. Leaves flutter to the ground. Flutter also exists as a noun—you might feel a flutter in your heart when you're excited.
1. to wave or cause to wave rapidly; flap. 2. (Zoology) ( intr) (of birds, butterflies, etc) to flap the wings. 3. ( intr) to move, esp downwards, with an irregular motion. 4. (Pathology) ( intr) pathol (of the auricles of the heart) to beat abnormally rapidly, esp in a regular rhythm.
flutter. [intransitive, transitive] to move lightly and quickly; to make something move in this way. Flags fluttered in the breeze. Her eyelids fluttered but did not open. (figurative) He felt his stomach flutter (= he felt nervous) when they called his name.
Flutter definition, to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze. See more.
[singular] a state of nervous or confused excitement. Her sudden arrival caused quite a flutter. to be in a flutter/to be all of a flutter. They arrived in a flutter. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. [countable] a very fast heartbeat, caused when somebody is nervous or excited. Her heart gave a flutter when she saw him. Topics Feelings c2.
