OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 32968

flutter

/ˈflʌtə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
flamear • ondear • tremolar
To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all…
flags fluttering in the wind
aletear
Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.