flutter n
1. the act of moving back and forth [syn: waver, flicker]
2. abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
3. a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle]
4. the motion made by flapping up and down [syn: flap, flapping, fluttering] v
5. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart [syn: flit, fleet, dart]
6. move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" [syn: flicker, waver, flitter, quiver]
7. beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated" [syn: palpitate]
8. wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" [syn: bat]

Flutter \Flut"ter\, v. t.
1. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.
2. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. --Shak.

Flutter \Flut"ter\, n.
1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan. The chirp and flutter of some single bird --Milnes.

2. Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder. --Pope. Flutter wheel, a water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; -- so called from the spattering, and the

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