FLUTTERING

flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering

(noun) the motion made by flapping up and down

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

fluttering (plural flutterings)

Rapid back-and-forth waving or oscillation.

Verb

fluttering

present participle of flutter

Source: Wiktionary


FLUTTER

Flut"ter, v. t.

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

2. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak.

Flut"ter, n.

1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan. The chirp and flutter of some single bird Milnes. .

2. Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder. Pope. Flutter wheel, a water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; -- so called from the spattering, and the fluttering noise it makes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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