fluttering

fluttering
Rapid back and forth waving or oscillation.

The fluttering of the moths wings actually attracted the bat.


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  • fluttering — flut·ter || flÊŒtÉ™(r) n. flapping or fluttering movement; agitated state, nervousness, excitedness; commotion; abnormally fast heartbeat; rapid change in pitch v. flap, wave; (about the heart) beat; vibrate, tremble, quiver; confuse, agitate;… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Fluttering Hearts — Infobox Film name = Fluttering Hearts image size = caption = director = James Parrott producer = Hal Roach writer = Charley Chase H. M. Walker narrator = starring = Charley Chase Oliver Hardy Eugene Pallette music = cinematography = editing =… …   Wikipedia

  • Fluttering Shearwater — Taxobox name = Fluttering Shearwater status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Procellariiformes familia = Procellariidae genus = Puffinus species = P. gavia binomial = Puffinus gavia binomial …   Wikipedia

  • fluttering elm — paprastoji vinkšna statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Guobinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis augalas (Ulmus laevis), paplitęs Europoje ir vakarų Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Ulmus laevis angl. European white elm; fluttering elm; pedunculate… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • fluttering shearwater — drugelinė audronaša statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Puffinus gavia angl. fluttering shearwater vok. Flattersturmtaucher, m pranc. puffin volage, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrosios audronašos …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • fluttering — Synonyms and related words: aflicker, agitated, airborne, beating, bickering, birdies, blinking, blooping, blurping, bustling, clicking, dance, dancing, desultory, distortion, drumming, feedback, fidgety, flashing, flicker, flickering, flickering …   Moby Thesaurus

  • fluttering — noun the motion made by flapping up and down • Syn: ↑flap, ↑flapping, ↑flutter • Derivationally related forms: ↑flutter, ↑flap (for: ↑flapping), ↑flap …   Useful english dictionary

  • Ode to the Motherland — (simplified Chinese: 歌唱祖国; traditional Chinese: 歌唱祖國; …   Wikipedia

  • flutter — [[t]flʌ̱tə(r)[/t]] flutters, fluttering, fluttered 1) V ERG If something thin or light flutters, or if you flutter it, it moves up and down or from side to side with a lot of quick, light movements. Her chiffon skirt was fluttering in the night… …   English dictionary

  • pelecaniform — [pel΄ ə kan′ə fôrm΄] adj. of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants * * * ▪ bird Introduction    any of the relatively large and… …   Universalium

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