fluttering
noun C1- Rapid back-and-forth or up-and-down waving or oscillation of, e.g. wings or a vibrating engine; the condition of engaging in such an action. · I was entranced by the colorful fluttering of the butterfly's wings.· The valve's fluttering is a problem, you have to find where it comes from.
- The action of atrial flutter, in which the upper chambers of the heart beat too rapidly. · Treatment will reduce the fluttering in your heart.
- A feeling of internal shifting, as with indigestion, nervous flutters, etc. · The fluttering in her belly reminded her that her child was coming one day soon.· He felt a fluttering of discontent, but he said nothing.
Plural flutterings
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The eastern sky above the firs was flushed faintly pink from the reflection of the west, and Anne was wondering dreamily if the spirit of color looked like that, when she saw Diana come flying down through the firs, over the log bridge, and up the slope, with a fluttering newspaper in her hand.
He still clutched fluttering papers with both hands and the pen was above his ear.
We have him, Watson, we have him, and I dare swear that before tomorrow night he will be fluttering in our net as helpless as one of his own butterflies.
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