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verb (used without object)
1.
to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
2.
to flap the wings rapidly; fly with flapping movements.
3.
to move in quick, irregular motions; vibrate.
4.
to beat rapidly, as the heart.
5.
EXPANDto be tremulous or agitated.
6.
COLLAPSEto go with irregular motions or aimless course: to flutter back and forth.
verb (used with object)
7.
to cause to flutter; vibrate; agitate.
8.
to throw into nervous or tremulous excitement; cause mental agitation; confuse.
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Fluttered
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
noun
9.
a fluttering movement: He made little nervous flutters with his hands.
10.
a state of nervous excitement or mental agitation: a flutter of anticipation.
12.
Audio. a variation in pitch resulting from rapid fluctuations in the speed of a recording. Compare wow2 (def. 1).
13.
Chiefly British. a small wager or speculative investment.
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Word Origin & History
flutter
O.E. floterian "float to and fro, be tossed by waves," freq. of fleotan "to fleet" (see fleet (n.)). Related: Fluttered; fluttering.
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Medical Dictionary
flutter flut·ter (flŭt'ər)
n.
Abnormally rapid pulsation, especially of the atria or ventricles of the heart.
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