 fluttering |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air | |
| Synonyms: | waving aflare flying flaring | |
| Examples: | "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her" "a fluttering scarf" "flying banners" "flags waving in the breeze" |
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| Related terms: | moving | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] moving rapidly and lightly to and fro as of or with wings | |
| Synonyms: | flittering | |
| Examples: | "fluttering birds" "the flittering wings of a fledgling" |
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| Related terms: | moving | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] having a slight and rapid trembling motion | |
| Synonyms: | palpitating palpitant | |
| Examples: | "a fluttering heartbeat" "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions" "my palpitating heart" |
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| Related terms: | unsteady | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (physics) the motion made by flapping up and down | |
| Synonyms: | flapping flopping flutter flap | |
| Related terms: | wave undulate flicker flap beat | |
| Similar spelling: |
flittering flattering flutter flouter flitter flatter flatterer floater flattery flutter_kick flat_tire |
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