flutter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flutter	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for flutter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flutter n the act of moving back and forth [syn: waver, flutter, flicker] abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" Synonym(s): disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle the motion made by flapping up and down Synonym(s): flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering v move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" Synonym(s): flit, flutter, fleet, dart move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" Synonym(s): flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements; "The seagulls fluttered overhead" beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated" Synonym(s): palpitate, flutter wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" Synonym(s): bat, flutter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flutter \Flut"ter\, v. t. 1. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings. 2. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flutter \Flut"ter\, n. 1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan. The chirp and flutter of some single bird --Milnes. . 2. Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder. --Pope. {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.