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To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner: curtains that fluttered in the breeze.

To fly by a quick light flapping of the wings.

To flap the wings without flying.

To move or fall in a manner suggestive of tremulous flight: "Her arms rose, fell, and fluttered with the rhythm of the song” ( Evelyn Waugh).

To vibrate or beat rapidly or erratically: My heart fluttered wildly.

To move quickly in a nervous, restless, or excited fashion; flit.

To cause to flutter: "fluttering her bristly black lashes as swiftly as butterflies' wings” ( Margaret Mitchell).

The act of fluttering.

A condition of nervous excitement or agitation: Everyone was in a flutter over the news that the director was resigning.

A commotion; a stir.

Pathology Abnormally rapid pulsation, especially of the atria or ventricles of the heart.

Rapid fluctuation in the pitch of a sound reproduction resulting from variations in the speed of the recording or reproducing equipment.

Chiefly British A small bet; a gamble: "If they like a flutter, Rick will get them better odds than the bookies” ( John le Carré).