Synonyms for flutter

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fluht-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈflʌt ər

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Définition of flutter

Origin : Old English floterian "to flutter, fly, flicker, float to and fro, be tossed by waves," frequentative of flotian "to float" (see float (v.)). Related: Fluttered; fluttering. As a noun from 1640s; meaning "state of excitement" is 1740s.

verb wave rapidly, flap

Example sentences :

When K. insisted on carrying her upstairs, she went in a flutter.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The flutter of the departing skirt, as he came into the room, assured him it was one of these.
Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

And he was not even quite sure that there had been a flutter.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Miss Perry sat down in the teacher's chair, her heart all in a flutter.
Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

He was roused from his flutter of satisfaction by hearing Mr. Burrows' voice.
Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

Old Nicholas nodded gravely, and at that moment Hattie came up, all in a flutter.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

She sat down, and ordered her hot milk and, with a flutter, awaited it.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

In a flutter she jumped up and went to another part of the room.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

Out in the back-pasture, a quail could flutter up under his nose unharmed.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

When I came out in a flutter of anxiety, there was no one there.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

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