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
If not, it meant that she was out of the chrysalis and had become, not the busy bee that belongs to the mesquite and the sage, but a gaudier, less responsible flutterer among eastern flower-beds.
From Rimrock Trail by Joseph Allan Dunn
We also called him the flutterer or hoverer.
From Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 by M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan
I'm only a poor, puffy little flutterer," said the steam, "but I have to stand a good deal of pressure in my business.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 by Various
