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3 definitions found 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flutter n 1: the act of moving back and forth [syn: {waver}, {flicker}] 2: the motion made by flapping up and down [syn: {flap}, {flapping}, {flopping}, {fluttering}] v 1: move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart [syn: {flit}, {fleet}, {dart}] 2: move back and forth very rapidly, as of a candle [syn: {flicker}, {waver}, {flitter}, {quiver}] 3: beat rapidly, of the heart [syn: {palpitate}] 4: wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" [syn: {bat}]
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