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Noun fluttering has 1 sense
- flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering - the motion made by flapping up and down
--1 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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