Flutter

Verb

 * 1)  To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
 * flags fluttering in the wind
 * 1)  Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
 * 2) *1900, ,
 * Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
 * 1)  To cause something to flap.

Noun

 * 1) The act of fluttering.
 * 2) A state of agitation.
 * 3) An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
 * 4)  A small bet or risky investment.
 * 5) * 1915: W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, Ch. 93
 * "Oh, by the way, I heard of a rather good thing today, New Kleinfonteins; it's a gold mine in Rhodesia. If you'd like to have a flutter you might make a bit."
 * 1) * So with his victory odds currently at 14/1 or 3/1 for the podium, he's still most certainly well worth a flutter... - Gray Matter: How will Schu do?

Derived terms

 * flutter in the dovecote

Adjectives for Flutter
unconscious; faint; indescribable; continual; perpetual; gay; sleek.

Adverbs for Flutter
recurrently; lightly; tremulously; gently; wantonly; ominously; convulsively; persistently; gaily; indescribably.

Thesaurus
Bebung, addle, addle the wits, ado, agiotage, agitate, agitation, arbitrage, arrhythmia, asking price, ball up, barrage, bearish prices, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo, beating, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, befuddlement, bewilder, bewilderment, bicker, bid price, birdies, blooping, blurping, bob, bobble, book value, bother, botheration, brandish, bug, bullish prices, burst, bustle, buying in, buzz about, call price, careen, chaos, closing price, cloud, coggle, commotion, confuse, confusion, dance, dancing, dangle, dash, daze, dazzle, decline, didder, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfiture, discompose, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertion, disorder, disorganization, disorganize, disorient, disorientation, disquiet, disquietude, distortion, disturb, disturbance, dither, dithers, drive, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, electrify, embarrass, embarrassment, entangle, equity capital, face value, falter, feedback, feery-fary, ferment, fidget, fidgetiness, fidgets, fit, fixed price, flap, flapping, flash price, flaunt, flick, flicker, flickering, flickering light, flier, flip, flip out, flit, flitter, float, flop, flourish, fluctuate, fluctuating, fluctuation, flummox, flurry, fluster, flusteration, flustration, flutteriness, fluttering, fly, fog, foofaraw, freak out on, frenzy, fret, fuddle, fuddlement, fuss, fussiness, get high on, glancing light, glow, go pitapat, gutter, haste, have the fidgets, have the shakes, haze, heartbeat, heartthrob, heave, heaving, helter-skelter, high, hissing, hover, howling, hubbub, hullabaloo, hum, hurry, hurry about, hurry-scurry, hustle, inquietude, issue par, issue price, jar, jerk, jolt, jumble, jump, lambency, lather, librate, light show, liquidation, low, lurch, maelstrom, make a fuss, market price, market value, maze, mess, mist, mix up, moider, motorboating, muddle, muddlement, nominal value, nutate, offering price, opening price, oscillate, oscillating, oscillation, palpitate, palpitation, pant, panting, par, par value, paradiddle, parity, patter, pendulate, perplexity, perturb, perturbation, pitapat, pitch, pitter-patter, play, play of light, plunge, pother, pound, pounding, price, profit taking, pucker, pulsate, pulsation, pulse, put out, put price, quake, quaking, quaver, quavering, quiver, quivering, quotation, quoted price, race, raise hell, rally, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, rattle, reel, resonate, restlessness, rhythm, rock, roll, round trade, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, rumble, rush, rush about, rush around, scalping, scamper, scramble, scratching, scurry, scuttle, settling price, shake, shake up, shakes, shaking, shiver, shivers, shock, shredding, shudder, shuffle, slat, sound a tattoo, spasm, spatter, speculation, splatter, splutter, spot sale, spurt, sputter, squeals, squirm, staccato, stagger, stated value, static, stew, stir, stockjobbery, stockjobbing, swag, sway, sweat, swell, swell with emotion, swing, swings, swirl, swivet, tat-tat, tattoo, tear around, tempo, thrill, thrill to, throb, throbbing, throw into confusion, thrum, thump, thumping, tingle, tingle with excitement, tizzy, to-do, tom-tom, toss, toss and turn, tremble, trembling, tremolando, tremolant, tremolo, tremor, trepidation, trepidity, trill, trillet, trilleto, trillo, trouble, tumble, tumult, turn, turn on to, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, twitteration, undulate, unquiet, unrest, unsettle, unsettlement, upset, vacillate, vacillating, vacillation, venture, venture capital, vibrate, vibrato, vortex, wag, waggle, wave, waver, waving, whirl, whistles, whiz about, wield, wiggle, wigwag, wobble, woomping, wow, wowwows, wriggle, writhe

Etymology
From floteren:, from  floterian:, flotorian:. Cognate with fluttern:, fluddern:. More at.

Pronunciation

 * flūtter /flʌɾŗ/

Verb

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German: flattern
 * Greenlandic:, (in the wind), issulipoq (in the wind)


 * Kurdish: شه‌قه‌, فرته‌فرت
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: fladdra


 * Finnish: läpytellä
 * Greenlandic:
 * Kurdish: شه‌قه‌, فرته‌فرت


 * Russian: бить крыльями
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: puistella


 * Kurdish: شه‌قه‌, فرته‌فرت

Noun

 * Finnish:, läpyttely,  läpytys, puistelu


 * Dutch: dooreenander


 * Finnish: ,


 * Dutch: hartkloppingen


 * Finnish:


 * Dutch: gokje


 * Greenlandic: