fluttering

Questions about fluttering

What does fluttering mean?

fluttering means "the motion made by flapping up and down".

How many syllables are in fluttering?

fluttering has 3 syllables: flut-te-ring. The stress falls on "flut". In IPA it is /ˈflʌtɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for fluttering?

Close synonyms include flap, flapping, flutter. 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 fluttering a common word?

fluttering 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fluttering come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.