flutter
has definitions from the fields of physics,medicine
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[ noun ] the act of moving back and forth
Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)From above one could only occasionally catch_a_glimpse of life on the floor of this green sea : a neighbor 's gingham skirt flashing into sight for an instant on the path beneath her grape-arbor , or the movement of hands above a clothesline and the flutter of garments hung there , half-way down the block . |
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[ noun ] a disorderly outburst or tumult
Examples "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" Related terms disorder convulsion tumult storm storm_center earthquake incident |
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[ noun ] (medicine) abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
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