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
Being trained to habits of obedience, I promptly did as I was told, and brought the "little flutterer" down.
From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Beatrice Violet Graham Greville
"It is he, my beloved!" murmured Aranka, pressing her small hand on her heart, as if to still the little flutterer.
From Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 by Mór Jókai
Mr. Smithson had fluttered and fluttered for the last five seasons; but this time the flutterer was caught.
From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
