When next Fabia heard footsteps coming in her direction her heart again gave a nervous flutter.The great naming curses flutter into the bland night.A moment later we heard a splash and a squeal, more splashing, a flutter of duck, whoops of delight.I felt a flutter of fear at the base of my throat.2 → a flutter of something 3 HB MOVE/CHANGE POSITION a light gentle movement flutter of a flutter of wings 4 → have a flutter Examples from the Corpus flutter His sudden resignation caused quite a flutter. flutter flutter 2 noun 1 NERVOUS a feeling of being nervous, confused, or excited in a flutter She was all in a flutter. Miriam had to shield the candle-flame with her hand as it fluttered wildly.At home as I emptied my backpack, a Slip of paper fluttered to the floor.As he was studying it, something slid out from the pages and fluttered to the floor.The wind was blowing over the top of Jinny's head, fluttering the loose, short hairs round her forehead.When he tried to speak his eye fluttered shut and then sprang open again, that bright red persimmon clouding over.Flags from a hundred nations fluttered in the breeze.Butterflies fluttered from flower to flower.The paper didn't flutter about from side to side it just went straight down.5 → flutter your eyelashes (at somebody) → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus flutter 3 EXCITED if your heart or your stomach flutters, you feel very excited or nervous 4 if your eyelids flutter, they move slightly when you are asleep Her eyelids fluttered but did not open. 2 MOVE/CHANGE POSITION to make small gentle movements in the air Dead leaves fluttered slowly to the ground. ○○ verb 1 HBA HBI if a bird or insect flutters, or if it flutters its wings, it flies by moving its wings lightly up and down A small bird fluttered past the window.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English flutter flut‧ter 1 / ˈflʌtə $ -ər /

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