flutter
verb (used without object)
to wave, flap, or toss about.
flutterer
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a word derived from
flutter.
Example Sentences
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Notably, the flutterer made the gesture while facing her mate, not the birdhouse—which indicates she wasn’t merely pointing to the nest’s location, but rather conveying a message.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 25, 2024
Snagged in the net, this dubious flutterer is obviously fake or freak.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why he called her his flutterer no one ever knew, unless it was because her ribbons were incessantly fluttering; but, had he called her his shadow, the name would have been more appropriate.
From Madame Midas by Fergus Hume
There was nearly always some flutterer or hummer poising above it, or touching it eagerly to dart away again in disappointment.
From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
I gave the flutterer his tip and he too ducked and fled.
From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
