flutter

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Flutter (disambiguation)

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English floteren, from Old English floterian, flotorian (“to float about, flutter”). Cognate with Low German fluttern, fluddern (“to flutter”). More at float.

[edit] Pronunciation

flūtter /flʌɾŗ/
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Rhymes: -ʌtə(r)

[edit] Verb

flutter (third-person singular simple present flutters, present participle fluttering, simple past and past participle fluttered)

(intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.

flags fluttering in the wind
(intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  
  Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
(transitive) To cause something to flap.

[edit] Translations

to flap or wave quickly

Dutch: wapperen (nl)
Finnish: lepattaa (fi)
French: voleter (fr), voltiger (fr), faséyer (fr)
German: flattern (de)
Greenlandic: angaluppoq (kl), erfalavoq (kl) (in the wind), issulipoq (in the wind)

Kurdish: شه‌قه‌ (ku) (sheqe), فرته‌فرت (ku) (firtefirt)
Russian: развеваться (ru) (razvevát’sja), порхать (ru) (porxát’)
Spanish: ondear (es)
Swedish: fladdra (sv)

to flap the wings without flying

Chinese:

Mandarin: 撲扇 (zh), 扑扇 (zh) (pūshan)
Finnish: läpytellä (fi)
German: wedeln (de)
Greenlandic: isaqqilavoq (kl)

Kurdish: شه‌قه‌ (ku) (sheqe), فرته‌فرت (ku) (firtefirt)
Russian: бить крыльями (bit’ krýl’jami), махать крыльями (maxát’ krýl’jami)
Swedish: flaxa (sv)

to cause something to flutter

Finnish: puistella (fi)

Kurdish: شه‌قه‌ (ku) (sheqe), فرته‌فرت (ku) (firtefirt)

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia has an article on:

Flutter

Wikipedia flutter (plural flutters)

The act of fluttering.
A state of agitation.
An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
(UK) A small bet or risky investment.
- 1915: W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, Ch. 93
  
  "Oh, by the way, I heard of a rather good thing today, New Kleinfonteins; it's a gold mine in Rhodesia. If you'd like to have a flutter you might make a bit."
- So with his victory odds currently at 14/1 or 3/1 for the podium, he's still most certainly well worth a flutter... - Gray Matter: How will Schu do?