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Noun flutter has 4 senses
- waver, flutter, flicker - the act of moving back and forth
--1 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
- flutter - abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
--2 is a kind of cardiac arrhythmia, arrhythmia
- disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle - a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
--3 is a kind of disorder
--3 has particulars:
- flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering - the motion made by flapping up and down
--4 is a kind of wave, undulation
Verb flutter has 4 senses
- flit, flutter, fleet, dart - move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
--1 is one way to travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
Sample sentences:
The crowds flutter in the streets
The streets flutter with crowds
- flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver - move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
--2 is one way to move back and forth
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- palpitate, flutter - beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated"
--3 is one way to beat, pound, thump
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- bat, flutter - wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"
--4 is one way to blink, wink, nictitate, nictate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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