'Flutter' definitions:
Definition of 'flutter'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
Abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
noun
A disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle]
noun
verb
Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit, flutter, fleet, dart]
verb
Move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" [syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver]
verb
Flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements; "The seagulls fluttered overhead"
verb
Beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated" [syn: palpitate, flutter]
verb
Wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" [syn: bat, flutter]
Definition of 'Flutter'
From: GCIDE
- Flutter \Flut"ter\, n.
- 1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan. [1913 Webster]
- The chirp and flutter of some single bird --Milnes. . [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flutter'
From: GCIDE
- Flutter \Flut"ter\, v. t.
- 1. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion. [1913 Webster]
- Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flutter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addle,
- addle the wits,
- ado,
- agiotage,
- agitate,
- agitation,
- arbitrage,
- arrhythmia,
- asking price,
- ball up,
- barrage,
- bearish prices,
- beat,
- beat a ruffle,
- beat a tattoo,
- beating,
- Bebung,
- becloud,
- bedazzle,
- befuddle,
- befuddlement,
- bewilder,
- bewilderment,
- bicker,
- bid price,
- birdies,
- blooping,
- blurping,
- bob,
- bobble,
- book value,
- bother,
- botheration,
- brandish,
- bug,
- bullish prices,
- burst,
- bustle,
- buying in,
- buzz about,
- call price,
- careen,
- chaos,
- closing price,
- cloud,
- coggle,
- commotion,
- confuse,
- confusion,
- dance,
- dancing,
- dangle,
- dash,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- decline,
- didder,
- discombobulate,
- discombobulation,
- discomfit,
- discomfiture,
- discompose,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertion,
- disorder,
- disorganization,
- disorganize,
- disorient,
- disorientation,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- distortion,
- disturb,
- disturbance,
- dither,
- dithers,
- drive,
- drum,
- drum music,
- drumbeat,
- drumfire,
- drumming,
- electrify,
- embarrass,
- embarrassment,
- entangle,
- equity capital,
- face value,
- falter,
- feedback,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- fidget,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- fit,
- fixed price,
- flap,
- flapping,
- flash price,
- flaunt,
- flick,
- flicker,
- flickering,
- flickering light,
- flier,
- flip,
- flip out,
- flit,
- flitter,
- float,
- flop,
- flourish,
- fluctuate,
- fluctuating,
- fluctuation,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flusteration,
- flustration,
- flutteriness,
- fluttering,
- fly,
- fog,
- foofaraw,
- freak out on,
- frenzy,
- fret,
- fuddle,
- fuddlement,
- fuss,
- fussiness,
- get high on,
- glancing light,
- glow,
- go pitapat,
- gutter,
- haste,
- have the fidgets,
- have the shakes,
- haze,
- heartbeat,
- heartthrob,
- heave,
- heaving,
- helter-skelter,
- high,
- hissing,
- hover,
- howling,
- hubbub,
- hullabaloo,
- hum,
- hurry,
- hurry about,
- hurry-scurry,
- hustle,
- inquietude,
- issue par,
- issue price,
- jar,
- jerk,
- jolt,
- jumble,
- jump,
- lambency,
- lather,
- librate,
- light show,
- liquidation,
- low,
- lurch,
- maelstrom,
- make a fuss,
- market price,
- market value,
- maze,
- mess,
- mist,
- mix up,
- moider,
- motorboating,
- muddle,
- muddlement,
- nominal value,
- nutate,
- offering price,
- opening price,
- oscillate,
- oscillating,
- oscillation,
- palpitate,
- palpitation,
- pant,
- panting,
- par,
- par value,
- paradiddle,
- parity,
- patter,
- pendulate,
- perplexity,
- perturb,
- perturbation,
- pitapat,
- pitch,
- pitter-patter,
- play,
- play of light,
- plunge,
- pother,
- pound,
- pounding,
- price,
- profit taking,
- pucker,
- pulsate,
- pulsation,
- pulse,
- put out,
- put price,
- quake,
- quaking,
- quaver,
- quavering,
- quiver,
- quivering,
- quotation,
- quoted price,
- race,
- raise hell,
- rally,
- rat-a-tat,
- rat-tat,
- rat-tat-tat,
- rataplan,
- rattattoo,
- rattle,
- reel,
- resonate,
- restlessness,
- rhythm,
- rock,
- roll,
- round trade,
- rub-a-dub,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- rumble,
- rush,
- rush about,
- rush around,
- scalping,
- scamper,
- scramble,
- scratching,
- scurry,
- scuttle,
- settling price,
- shake,
- shake up,
- shakes,
- shaking,
- shiver,
- shivers,
- shock,
- shredding,
- shudder,
- shuffle,
- slat,
- sound a tattoo,
- spasm,
- spatter,
- speculation,
- splatter,
- splutter,
- spot sale,
- spurt,
- sputter,
- squeals,
- squirm,
- staccato,
- stagger,
- stated value,
- static,
- stew,
- stir,
- stockjobbery,
- stockjobbing,
- swag,
- sway,
- sweat,
- swell,
- swell with emotion,
- swing,
- swings,
- swirl,
- swivet,
- tat-tat,
- tattoo,
- tear around,
- tempo,
- thrill,
- thrill to,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- throw into confusion,
- thrum,
- thump,
- thumping,
- tingle,
- tingle with excitement,
- tizzy,
- to-do,
- tom-tom,
- toss,
- toss and turn,
- tremble,
- trembling,
- tremolando,
- tremolant,
- tremolo,
- tremor,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- trill,
- trillet,
- trilleto,
- trillo,
- trouble,
- tumble,
- tumult,
- turn,
- turn on to,
- twist and turn,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- twitteration,
- undulate,
- unquiet,
- unrest,
- unsettle,
- unsettlement,
- upset,
- vacillate,
- vacillating,
- vacillation,
- venture,
- venture capital,
- vibrate,
- vibrato,
- vortex,
- wag,
- waggle,
- wave,
- waver,
- waving,
- whirl,
- whistles,
- whiz about,
- wield,
- wiggle,
- wigwag,
- wobble,
- woomping,
- wow,
- wowwows,
- wriggle,
- writhe