flutter

1. 1.

   the act of moving back and forth

   Synonymswaverflicker

   Broadermotion
2. 2.

   abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block

   Broadercardiac arrhythmia
3. 3.

   a disorderly outburst or tumult

   “they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused”

   Synonymsdisturbancedisruptioncommotionhurly burlyto-dohoo-hahoo-hahkerfuffle

   Broaderdisorder

   Narrowerconvulsionearthquakeincidentstirstormstorm centertumult
4. 4.

   the motion made by flapping up and down

   Synonymsflapflappingfluttering

   Broaderwave

Other forms of flutter

plural

flutters·

past tense

flutterred·

present participle

flutterring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about flutter

What does flutter mean?

flutter means "move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flutter?

flutter has 2 syllables: flut-ter. The stress falls on "flut". In IPA it is /ˈflʌtɚ/.

What is another word for flutter?

Close synonyms include flit, fleet, dart, flicker, waver. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flutter a common word?

flutter is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with flutter?

1 word rhymes with flutter. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.