flutter

/flˈʌtɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
   “The hummingbird flitted among the branches”
2. move back and forth very rapidly
   “the candle flickered”
3. flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
   “The seagulls fluttered overhead”
4. beat rapidly
   “His heart palpitated”
5. wink briefly
   “bat one's eyelids”

noun

1. the act of moving back and forth
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”
4. the motion made by flapping up and down

Synonyms for flutter

• flit
• fleet
• dart
• flicker
• waver
• flitter
• quiver
• palpitate
• bat
• disturbance
• disruption
• commotion
• hurly burly
• to-do
• hoo-ha
• hoo-hah
• kerfuffle
• flap
• flapping
• fluttering

Words that rhyme with flutter

• gutter
• sputter
• cutter
• utter
• putter
• mutter
• butter
• clutter
• shutter
• stutter
• aflutter
• kilometre
• nutter
• stonecutter
• bonecutter
• bowater
• dutter
• hutter
• kutter
• lutter
• perlmutter
• rutter
• schutter
• sutter