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1. Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
   "The hummingbird fluttered among the branches";
   - flit, fleet, dart
    
2. Move back and forth very rapidly
   "the candle fluttered";
   - flicker, waver, flitter, quiver
    
3. Flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
   "The seagulls fluttered overhead"
    
4. Beat rapidly
   "His heart fluttered";
   - palpitate
    
5. Wink briefly
   "flutter one's eyelids";
   - bat

1. The act of moving back and forth
   - 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
   - disturbance, disruption, commotion, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle, carry-on [Brit]
    
4. The motion made by flapping up and down
   - flap, flapping, fluttering
    
5. [Brit, informal] The act of gambling
   - bet, wager

Derived forms: fluttering, flutters, fluttered

Type of: arrhythmia, beat, belt along, blink, bucket along, cannonball along, cardiac arrhythmia, disorder, flap, gambling, gaming, hasten, hie [archaic], hotfoot, hurry, motility, motion, move, move back and forth, movement, nictate, nictitate, pelt along, play, pound, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, thump, travel rapidly, undulation, wave, wink, zip

Encyclopedia: Flutter