flutter
flutter is a 7-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.
- transitive verb. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.
- noun. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan.
- noun. Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder.
- noun. the act of moving back and forth
- noun. the motion made by flapping up and down
- noun. a disorderly outburst or tumult
"they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
- noun. abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- verb. wink briefly
"bat one's eyelids"
- verb. move back and forth very rapidly
"the candle flickered"
- verb. beat rapidly
"His heart palpitated"
- verb. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
"The hummingbird flitted among the branches"
- verb. flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
"The seagulls fluttered overhead"
Synonyms
flicker, waver, flap, flapping, fluttering, commotion, disruption, disturbance, kerfuffle, bat, flitter, quiver, palpitate, dart, fleet, flit
Common word forms
flutters, fluttered, flutterer, fluttering, flutterable, flutterless, flutterment
Words from these letters
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