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noun

Flutter n.

The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan. " The chirp and flutter of some single bird"

Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder.

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.

verb

Flutter v. t.

To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion. " Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli."

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Etymology of 'Flutter'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Flutter" Quotes from Famous Books

... the flower-bedecked house; As onward alone she speeds, she startles the birds perched in the trees, by the pavilion; to which as she draws nigh, her shadow flits by the verandah! Her fairy clothes now flutter in the wind! a fragrant perfume like unto musk or olea is wafted in the air; Her apparel lotus-like is sudden wont to move; and the jingle of her ornaments strikes the ear. Her dimpled cheeks resemble, as they smile, a vernal peach; her kingfisher coiffure is like a cumulus of clouds; ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin

... Brer Rabbit bad ez he kin, so he cotch 'im by de behime legs en slung 'im right in de middle er de brier-patch. Dar wuz a considerbul flutter whar Brer Rabbit struck de bushes, en Brer Fox sorter hang 'roun' fer ter see w'at wuz gwineter happen. Bimeby he hear somebody call 'im, en way up de hill he see Brer Rabbit settin' crosslegged ...

— Uncle Remus • Joel Chandler Harris

... in a joyous flutter, till we heard some fellow mutter: "Here comes Griggs, the southpaw pitcher, fairly burdened with his fame! He it was who beat the Phillies—gave the Quaker bugs the willies—he it was who saved our bacon in ...

— Rippling Rhymes • Walt Mason

... to slacken headway and regain the desired position, the enemy's shot disabled his headsails, and the Chesapeake came up into the wind with canvas all a-flutter. It was a mishap which a crew of trained seamen might have quickly mended, but the frigate was taken aback—that is, the breeze drove her stern foremost toward the Shannon and exposed her to a deadly cannonade which ...

— The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 - The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 • Ralph D. Paine

... four figures called off the play that Gridley was to make, or to pretend to make. But that nine, capping all at the end, caused a swift flutter in Gridley hearts. For that nine, at the end of the signal, called for a ...

— The High School Captain of the Team - Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard • H. Irving Hancock

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