Antonyms for flutter
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fluht-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈflʌt ər |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for flutter
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