Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • GenAm:
    • IPA: /ˈflʌtɚ/
  • RP:
    • IPA: /ˈflʌtə/
Översättning
Verb
1.fladdra
2.flaxa

Definitioner

Verb

  1. (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
  2. (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
  3. (transitive) To cause something to flap.
  4. (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.

Substantiv

  1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
  2. A state of agitation.
  3. An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
  4. (British) A small bet or risky investment.
  5. The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.

Exempel

  • flags fluttering in the wind
  • Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth.
  • Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
  • A bird flutters its wings.
  • Like an eagle in a dovecote, I / Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli.
  • the flutter of a fan
  • the chirp and flutter of some single bird
  • Their visitor was an issue - at least to the imagination, and they arrived finally, under provocation, at intensities of flutter in which they felt themselves so compromised by his hoverings that they could only consider with relief the fact of nobody's knowing.
  • "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?
  • The banners fluttered in the stiff wind.
  • The birds flutter among the trees.
  • Birds flutter their wings.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipflutteredImperfektfluttered
PresensparticipflutteringPluralflutters
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