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flutter
Found in thesaurus: motion, movement, arrhythmia, wave, travel rapidly, zip, move back and forth, flap, pound, blink, nictitate
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flutter
v.
flap, wave; (about the heart) beat; vibrate, tremble, quiver; confuse, agitate; run about aimlessly
n.
flapping or fluttering movement; agitated state, nervousness, excitedness; commotion; abnormally fast heartbeat; rapid change in pitch
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Flutter
Flutter may refer to:
In technology
- Aeroelastic flutter, a rapid self-feeding motion, potentially destructive, excited by aerodynamic forces, in aircraft structures, control surfaces and bridge engineering
- Flutter (company), a gesture recognition technology company acquired by Google in 2013
- Flutter (electronics and communication), any rapid variation of signal parameters
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flutter
Noun
1. the act of moving back and forth
(synonym) waver, flicker
(hypernym) motion, movement, move, motility
(derivation) flicker, waver, flitter, quiver
2. abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
(hypernym) cardiac arrhythmia, arrhythmia
(derivation) palpitate
3. a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
(synonym) disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
(hypernym) disorder
(hyponym) convulsion, turmoil, upheaval
4. the motion made by flapping up and down
(synonym) flap, flapping, fluttering
(hypernym) wave, undulation
Verb
1. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
(synonym) flit, fleet, dart
(hypernym) travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
(hyponym) butterfly
(derivation) waver, flicker
2. move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
(synonym) flicker, waver, flitter, quiver
(hypernym) move back and forth
(derivation) waver, flicker
3. beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated"
(synonym) palpitate
(hypernym) beat, pound, thump
(verb-group) palpitate
4. wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"
(synonym) bat
(hypernym) blink, wink, nictitate, nictate
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flutter
nm.
flutter, flapping or fluttering movement, agitated state
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flutter
n.
flutter, flapping or fluttering movement
