flutter
noun/ˈflʌtə(r)/
/ˈflʌtər/
- [countable, usually singular] a quick, light movement
- the flutter of wings
- with a flutter of her long, dark eyelashes
- (figurative) to feel a flutter of panic in your stomach
- (figurative) She felt a flutter of excitement.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- give
- flutter of
- [countable, usually singular] flutter (on something) (British English, informal) a small bet
- to have a flutter on the horses
- [singular] a state of nervous or confused excitement
- Her sudden arrival caused quite a flutter.
- to be in a flutter/to be all of a flutter
- They arrived in a flutter.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + flutter- feel
- cause
- in a flutter
- flutter of
- [countable] a very fast heartbeat, caused when somebody is nervous or excited
- Her heart gave a flutter when she saw him.
- [uncountable, countable] (medical) a medical condition in which you have an unsteady heartbeatTopics Health problemsc2
- [uncountable] (specialist) rapid changes in the pitch or volume of recorded sound compare wow
Word OriginOld English floterian, flotorian, a frequentative form related to fleet ‘move or pass quickly’.
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