Flutter can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| flutter - flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements; "The seagulls fluttered overhead" | ||
| flutter - move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" | ||
| flutter - beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated" | ||
| flutter - move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" | ||
| flutter - wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" | ||
Noun |
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| flutter - abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block | ||
| flutter - the motion made by flapping up and down | ||
| flutter - the act of moving back and forth | ||
| flutter - a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | noun | The wind blows and the flags flutter. | |
| 2. | verb | He makes young girls' hearts flutter. | |
| 3. | verb | A tattered flag which continues to flutter in the wind. | |
| 4. | verb | The cherry blossoms flutter down whenever the wind blows. | |
| 5. | verb | The white curtains flutter in the breeze in a heavy, lazy motion, like waves. | |
| 6. | verb | We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it's forever. | |
| 7. | verb | Don't flutter about like a hen, when you can soar to the heights of an eagle. | |
| 8. | verb | "There rest they, nor their sequence change, nor place, / save when, by chance, on grating hinge the door / swings open, and a light breath sweeps the floor, / or rougher blasts the tender leaves disperse. / Loose then they flutter, for she recks no more / to call them back, and rearrange the verse; / untaught the votaries leave, the Sibyl's cave to curse." | |
| 9. | verb | "Who put the mosquito coil here?" "That was me." "It's senseless to put it behind the curtain. The curtain will flutter with the wind, and if it catches the heat then it'll cause a fire." |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| The wind blows and the flags flutter. | |
| verb | |
| He makes young girls' hearts flutter. | |
| A tattered flag which continues to flutter in the wind. | |
| The cherry blossoms flutter down whenever the wind blows. | |
| The white curtains flutter in the breeze in a heavy, lazy motion, like waves. | |
| We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it's forever. | |
| Don't flutter about like a hen, when you can soar to the heights of an eagle. | |
| "There rest they, nor their sequence change, nor place, / save when, by chance, on grating hinge the door / swings open, and a light breath sweeps the floor, / or rougher blasts the tender leaves disperse. / Loose then they flutter, for she recks no more / to call them back, and rearrange the verse; / untaught the votaries leave, the Sibyl's cave to curse." | |
| "Who put the mosquito coil here?" "That was me." "It's senseless to put it behind the curtain. The curtain will flutter with the wind, and if it catches the heat then it'll cause a fire." | |