fluttering
has definitions from the field of physics
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[ adjective ] streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
Examples "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her" "a fluttering scarf" "flying banners" "flags waving in the breeze" Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)Its form was a heavy figure in a fluttering soutane . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] moving rapidly and lightly to and fro as of or with wings
Synonyms Examples "fluttering birds" "the flittering wings of a fledgling" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)His hands , which had been as quick as a pair of fluttering birds , were now neither active nor really relaxed . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having a slight and rapid trembling motion
Synonyms Examples "a fluttering heartbeat" "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions" "my palpitating heart" Related terms |
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