Flutter
verb
To move quickly with light irregular or trembling motion.
The butterfly fluttered its wings
Often appears as...
- butterfly flutters
- fluttering heart
noun
A quick, light motion or trembling.
There was a flutter of wings as the bird took off
Often appears as...
- flutter of excitement
- flutter of the heart
verb
To be in a state of restless excitement.
She fluttered nervously before her performance
Often appears as...
- flutter with excitement
- flutter with nervousness
noun
A state of nervous excitement or agitation.
There was a flutter among the audience as the celebrity walked in
Often appears as...
- flutter of anticipation
- flutter of nerves
noun
A small bet or speculative investment.
He had a flutter on the horses
Often appears as...
- have a flutter
- flutter on the lottery
verb
To behave in a frivolously light-hearted or flirtatious manner.
She was fluttering around the handsome guest
Often appears as...
- flutter around someone
- flutter her eyelashes
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A rapid variation in pitch in sound reproduction resulting from variations in the speed of the recording or reproducing equipment.
There was noticeable flutter in the audio reproduction
Often appears as...
- audio flutter
- flutter in the recording
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To move quickly with light irregular or trembling motion.
The butterfly fluttered its wings
Often appears as...
- butterfly flutters
- fluttering heart
noun
A quick, light motion or trembling.
There was a flutter of wings as the bird took off
Often appears as...
- flutter of excitement
- flutter of the heart
verb
To be in a state of restless excitement.
She fluttered nervously before her performance
Often appears as...
- flutter with excitement
- flutter with nervousness
noun
A state of nervous excitement or agitation.
There was a flutter among the audience as the celebrity walked in
Often appears as...
- flutter of anticipation
- flutter of nerves
noun
A small bet or speculative investment.
He had a flutter on the horses
Often appears as...
- have a flutter
- flutter on the lottery
verb
To behave in a frivolously light-hearted or flirtatious manner.
She was fluttering around the handsome guest
Often appears as...
- flutter around someone
- flutter her eyelashes
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A rapid variation in pitch in sound reproduction resulting from variations in the speed of the recording or reproducing equipment.
There was noticeable flutter in the audio reproduction
Often appears as...
- audio flutter
- flutter in the recording
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Use 'flutter' to describe a delicate or light movement you can picture, like petals in the breeze.
Petals flutter to the ground in the gentle wind.
Pro Tip 2/2Subtle Motion
Apply 'flutter' when the motion isn't forceful or intentional, but rather natural and subtle.
A curtain fluttered softly by the open window.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Use 'flutter' to describe a delicate or light movement you can picture, like petals in the breeze.
Petals flutter to the ground in the gentle wind.
Pro Tip 2/2Subtle Motion
Apply 'flutter' when the motion isn't forceful or intentional, but rather natural and subtle.
A curtain fluttered softly by the open window.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Use 'flutter' to describe a delicate or light movement you can picture, like petals in the breeze.
Petals flutter to the ground in the gentle wind.
Pro Tip 2/2Subtle Motion
Apply 'flutter' when the motion isn't forceful or intentional, but rather natural and subtle.
A curtain fluttered softly by the open window.
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Jonathan Harris: The web...
This is showing the world's most common feelings overall right now, dominated by better, then bad, then good, then guilty, and so on. Weather causes the feelings to assume the physical traits of the weather they represent. So the sunny ones swirl around, the cloudy ones float along, the rainy ones fall down, and the snowy ones flutter to the ground.
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Jonathan Harris: The...
In weather, the feelings assume the physical characteristics of the weather that they represent, so that the ones collected on a sunny day swirl around as if they're part of the sun. The cloudy ones float along as if they're on a breeze. The rainy ones fall down as if they're in a rainstorm, and the snowy ones kind of flutter to the ground.
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His Epic Message Will...
to eat food that's safe with ingredients we can pronounce drink water that is clean marvel at trees breathe air free of toxins these are natural rights not things that can be bargained for in Congress see they want you to feel powerless but it has been said that something as small as the flutter of a
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The Brain Science (and...
And I’m not talking about those puffs of air they blow into your eyeballs. That just makes my eyelids flutter thinking about it. But instead it’s when they bring out the wheels of lenses. And they click through them all. And they want to know which lens helps you see better.
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Jedidah Isler: How I...
to a professional astrophysicist, hot on the heels of celestial discovery. Who knew that chasing after the universe would ground me so deeply to my mission here on Earth. Then again, when do we ever know where love's first flutter will truly take us. Thank you.
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The myth of Zeus' test -...
And he asked if, when their time came, they could die together, so neither would have to face life without the other. Tending to the temple and one another, they lived many more years. Until, one day, Baucis noticed leaves fluttering from her husband’s hands
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We must reignite dream...
to start a flutter chapter in Detroit now D'Angelo is on a mission to ensure that every single young person because he realized this this problem was not being solved in his community has a support group when they suffer overwhelming grief just six weeks ago
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4 reasons to learn a new...
It's a highly fraught concept. And so gradual consensus is becoming that language can shape thought, but it tends to be in rather darling, obscure psychological flutters. It's not a matter of giving you a different pair of glasses on the world.
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Inside the Gas Planet PIPE...
lopsided magnetic field flutters into life if you could see down to the surface of the Dynamo core where the field is generated what you might see parcels of fluid moving about and it's it they're generally so conductive that
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Water Discovered In...
bit like a nice peaceful curtain draping over a window that's not moving. And instead, it looks like there's some sort of breeze gently fluttering that curtain.
Video examples
Jonathan Harris: The web...
This is showing the world's most common feelings overall right now, dominated by better, then bad, then good, then guilty, and so on. Weather causes the feelings to assume the physical traits of the weather they represent. So the sunny ones swirl around, the cloudy ones float along, the rainy ones fall down, and the snowy ones flutter to the ground.
Video examples
Jonathan Harris: The...
In weather, the feelings assume the physical characteristics of the weather that they represent, so that the ones collected on a sunny day swirl around as if they're part of the sun. The cloudy ones float along as if they're on a breeze. The rainy ones fall down as if they're in a rainstorm, and the snowy ones kind of flutter to the ground.
Video examples
His Epic Message Will...
to eat food that's safe with ingredients we can pronounce drink water that is clean marvel at trees breathe air free of toxins these are natural rights not things that can be bargained for in Congress see they want you to feel powerless but it has been said that something as small as the flutter of a
Video examples
The Brain Science (and...
And I’m not talking about those puffs of air they blow into your eyeballs. That just makes my eyelids flutter thinking about it. But instead it’s when they bring out the wheels of lenses. And they click through them all. And they want to know which lens helps you see better.
Video examples
Jedidah Isler: How I...
to a professional astrophysicist, hot on the heels of celestial discovery. Who knew that chasing after the universe would ground me so deeply to my mission here on Earth. Then again, when do we ever know where love's first flutter will truly take us. Thank you.
Video examples
The myth of Zeus' test -...
And he asked if, when their time came, they could die together, so neither would have to face life without the other. Tending to the temple and one another, they lived many more years. Until, one day, Baucis noticed leaves fluttering from her husband’s hands
Video examples
We must reignite dream...
to start a flutter chapter in Detroit now D'Angelo is on a mission to ensure that every single young person because he realized this this problem was not being solved in his community has a support group when they suffer overwhelming grief just six weeks ago
Video examples
4 reasons to learn a new...
It's a highly fraught concept. And so gradual consensus is becoming that language can shape thought, but it tends to be in rather darling, obscure psychological flutters. It's not a matter of giving you a different pair of glasses on the world.
Video examples
Inside the Gas Planet PIPE...
lopsided magnetic field flutters into life if you could see down to the surface of the Dynamo core where the field is generated what you might see parcels of fluid moving about and it's it they're generally so conductive that
Video examples
Water Discovered In...
bit like a nice peaceful curtain draping over a window that's not moving. And instead, it looks like there's some sort of breeze gently fluttering that curtain.
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Quote examples
Gilda Radner
American Comedian
I had been a fan of Gene Wilder's for many years, but the first time I saw him in person, my heart fluttered - I was hooked. It felt like my life went from black and white to Technicolor.
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Anais Nin
American Author
A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.
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Tom Noddy
American Entertainer
I had this memory of being with my aunt, who I loved, you know, and watching her blow some bubbles in sunlight, and my heart fluttered when I watched her.
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Kylie Minogue
Australian Musician
You can be very efficient with lyrics, and you can get the heart fluttering or soaring or make someone cry with a really amazing dance song.
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Julianna Baggott
Novelist
Basically if you burst into my office the walls themselves will flutter as if alive - maybe that's the reason for all the wings in 'Pure.
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Blake Lively
American Actress
I think I'll always flutter all over. I'd like to live in different parts of the world - I'd love to live in Tuscany for a few months.
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Harriet Tubman
American Activist
Pears like my heart go flutter, flutter, and then they may say, 'Peace, Peace,' as much as they likes - I know it's goin' to be war!
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William Shatner
Canadian Actor
Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.
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Julie Newmar
American Actress
I'll only work if something delicious comes along or if a darling friend asks me to flutter my wings.
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Jeanette Winterson
British Novelist
I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.
Quote examples
Gilda Radner
American Comedian
I had been a fan of Gene Wilder's for many years, but the first time I saw him in person, my heart fluttered - I was hooked. It felt like my life went from black and white to Technicolor.
Quote examples
Anais Nin
American Author
A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.
Quote examples
Tom Noddy
American Entertainer
I had this memory of being with my aunt, who I loved, you know, and watching her blow some bubbles in sunlight, and my heart fluttered when I watched her.
Quote examples
Kylie Minogue
Australian Musician
You can be very efficient with lyrics, and you can get the heart fluttering or soaring or make someone cry with a really amazing dance song.
Quote examples
Julianna Baggott
Novelist
Basically if you burst into my office the walls themselves will flutter as if alive - maybe that's the reason for all the wings in 'Pure.
Quote examples
Blake Lively
American Actress
I think I'll always flutter all over. I'd like to live in different parts of the world - I'd love to live in Tuscany for a few months.
Quote examples
Harriet Tubman
American Activist
Pears like my heart go flutter, flutter, and then they may say, 'Peace, Peace,' as much as they likes - I know it's goin' to be war!
Quote examples
William Shatner
Canadian Actor
Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.
Quote examples
Julie Newmar
American Actress
I'll only work if something delicious comes along or if a darling friend asks me to flutter my wings.
Quote examples
Jeanette Winterson
British Novelist
I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.
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