HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
| Dictionary | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
|---|---|
| Shopping | The largest selection of FLUTTER products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| NOUN | 1 | flutter, waver, flicker | The act of moving back and forth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | flutter | Abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm) | |
| 3 | flutter, disturbance, disruption, commotion, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle | A disorderly outburst or tumult | |
| 4 | flutter, flap, flapping, fluttering | The motion made by flapping up and down | |
| VERB | 1 | flutter, flit, fleet, dart | Move along rapidly and lightly |
| 2 | flutter, flicker, waver, flitter, quiver | Move back and forth very rapidly | |
| 3 | flutter | Flag the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements | |
| 4 | flutter, palpitate | Beat rapidly | |
| 5 | flutter, bat | Wink briefly |
| Sounds | flah'ter |
|---|---|
| Rhymes | abductor, accelerator, accelerometer, and 628 more rhymes in ter... |
| Meaning | The act of moving back and forth. |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | waver, flicker |
| Broader | motion, movement, move, motility |
| Verbs | flutter; flutter |
| Meaning | Abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm). Can result in heart block. |
|---|---|
| Broader | cardiac arrhythmia, arrhythmia |
| Verbs | flutter |
| Meaning | A disorderly outburst or tumult. |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disturbance, disruption, commotion, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle |
| Broader | disorder |
| Narrower | convulsion, turmoil, upheaval; earthquake; incident; stir, splash; storm, tempest; storm center, storm centre; tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil |
| Meaning | The motion made by flapping up and down. |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flap, flapping, fluttering |
| Broader | wave, undulation |
| Meaning | Move along rapidly and lightly. Skim or dart. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | The crowds flutter in the streets; The streets flutter with crowds |
| Synonyms | flit, fleet, dart |
| Broader | travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip |
| Narrower | butterfly |
| Nouns | flutter |
| Meaning | Move back and forth very rapidly. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
| Synonyms | flicker, waver, flitter, quiver |
| Broader | move back and forth |
| Nouns | flutter; fluttering |
| Meaning | Flag the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "The seagulls fluttered overhead" |
| Broader | beat, flap |
| Meaning | Beat rapidly. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Synonyms | palpitate |
| Similar to | palpitate |
| Broader | beat, pound, thump |
| Nouns | flutter |
| Meaning | Wink briefly. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | bat |
| Broader | blink, wink, nictitate, nictate |
© 2001-05 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact us
Privacy · Robots · Valid XHTML