flutter
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of moving back and forth
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
The hummingbird flitted among the branches
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
Types & categories
- cardiac arrhythmia hypernym
Related & opposite
- palpitate derivation
Sense 4 verb
move back and forth very rapidly
the candle flickered
Types & categories
- move back and forth hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a disorderly outburst or tumult
they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused
Types & categories
- disorder hypernym
- turmoil hyponym
- earthquake hyponym
- incident hyponym
- stir hyponym
- tempest hyponym
- storm center hyponym
- tumult hyponym
Sense 6 verb
flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
The seagulls fluttered overhead
Types & categories
- flap hypernym
Sense 7 noun
the motion made by flapping up and down
Types & categories
- wave hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
beat rapidly
His heart palpitated
Types & categories
- thump hypernym
Related & opposite
- flutter derivation
- palpitation derivation
- palpitant derivation
- palpitate verb group
Sense 9 verb
wink briefly
bat one's eyelids
Types & categories
- blink hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | weave |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluctuate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flicker |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | falter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flutter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hurry |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | butterfly |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | palpitate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cardiac arrhythmia |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flutter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flapping |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move back and forth |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | disorder |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | turmoil |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | earthquake |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | incident |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stir |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tempest |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | storm center |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tumult |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | flap |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | flicker |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | flap |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | flap |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | flap |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | flap |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | wave |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | flutter |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | palpitation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | palpitant |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | palpitate |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | thump |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | blink |