GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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1.       
   Flutter , v. t.
   To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.
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   To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.
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    Like an eagle in a dovecote, I
   Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli.
   Shak.
   
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2.       
   Flutter, n.
   The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan.
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    The chirp and flutter of some single bird
   Milnes. .
   
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   Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder.
   Pope.
   
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   Flutter wheel, a water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; -- so called from the spattering, and the fluttering noise it makes.
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