flutter

Meaning of flutter

verb
  1. (of a bird or other winged creature) fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly.
    a couple of butterflies fluttered around the garden
noun
  1. an act of fluttering.
    there was a flutter of wings at the window
  2. a small bet.
    a flutter on the horses

Old English floterian, flotorian, a frequentative form related to fleet4.

Information about flutter

Hyphenation of flutter

flut-ter

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • flutter is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

flutter synonyms

Meaning waver:

waver, flicker

Meaning disturbance:

disturbance, disruption, commotion, kerfuffle

Meaning flap:

flap, flapping, fluttering

Meaning flit:

flit, fleet, dart

Meaning flicker:

flicker, waver, flitter, quiver

Meaning palpitate:

palpitate

Meaning bat:

bat

Meaning remain in one place in the air:

hover

Meaning move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps:

dance

Meaning a state of anxiety or nervous excitement:

agitation

Meaning a punishment or assault in which the victim is hit repeatedly:

beating

Meaning the action of trembling or shaking with a slight rapid motion:

quivering

Meaning move continuously and rapidly to and fro:

vibrating

Meaning give or cause to give a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement:

twitching

Meaning (of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate:

shaking

Meaning (especially with reference to an animal's tail) move or cause to move rapidly to and fro:

wagging

Meaning movement back and forth in a regular rhythm:

oscillation

Meaning separate grain from (corn or other crops), typically with a flail or by the action of a revolving mechanism:

threshing

Meaning an act of physically beating someone; a beating:

thrashing

Meaning wave or swing wildly:

flailing

Meaning move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal:

waving

Meaning (of water) forming or flowing with a series of small waves on the surface:

rippling

Meaning an act of betting a sum of money:

bet

Meaning an act of betting a sum of money on the outcome of an unpredictable event:

wager

Meaning an act of gambling:

gamble

Meaning a long, narrow flat-bottomed boat, square at both ends and propelled with a long pole, used on inland waters chiefly for recreation:

punt

Words that rhyme with flutter

Platter, Schlatter, Vatter, aftermatter, antimatter, atter, backfatter, backscatter, batter, bebatter, bechatter, beclatter, beflatter, bescatter, bespatter, besplatter, betatter, blatter, catter, chatter, clatter, clitterclatter, combatter, cybersquatter, debatter, discatter, fatter, flatter, flyswatter, formatter, gatter, gnatter, hamfatter, hatter, latter, matter, natter, nonmatter, nonshatter, outbatter, outchatter, outflatter, overmatter, overscatter, overspatter, patter, phatter, photostatter, platter, preflatter

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