flutter
/ˈflʌtɚ/ verbe B2En français : faséyer, voleter, voltiger
- To flap or wave quickly but irregularly. · flags fluttering in the wind
- Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- To cause something to flap. · A bird flutters its wings.
- To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- To subject to a lie detector test.
He/she/it flutters · Prétérit fluttered · Participe passé fluttered · Forme en -ing fluttering
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- flutter
- He/she/it
- flutters
- Prétérit
- fluttered
- Participe passé
- fluttered
- Forme en -ing
- fluttering
Dans la bibliothèque
Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
Growing from her shoulders were wings, gorgeous in color and so light that they fluttered if the slightest breath of air reached them.
He flew around with a great whir of his wings and settled upon a large ram, with the intention of carrying him off, but his claws became entangled in the ram’s fleece and he was not able to release himself, although he fluttered with his feathers as much as he could.
“You see,” continued he, glancing toward the grate, where fragments of burnt paper fluttered in the flames, “the letter is destroyed; you and I alone know of its existence; should you, therefore, be questioned, deny all knowledge of it—deny it boldly, and you are saved.”
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