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flutter

English

  1. 🔊 abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm)
  2. 🔊 the act of moving back and forth
  3. 🔊 the motion made by flapping up and down
  4. 🔊 a disorderly outburst or tumult
    “they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused”
  5. 🔊 flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
    “The seagulls fluttered overhead”
  6. 🔊 wink briefly
    “bat one's eyelids”
  7. 🔊 beat rapidly
    “His heart palpitated”
  8. 🔊 move along rapidly and lightly
    “The hummingbird flitted among the branches”
  9. 🔊 move back and forth very rapidly
    “the candle flickered”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 aletear to flutter
  2. 🔊 ondear to flutter, flap
  3. 🔊 pestaƱeo flutter, flapping
  4. 🔊 volar to flutter, to hover
  5. 🔊 flamear to flutter, to wave (of boat sails)

Similar words

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