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fluttering
Overview of noun fluttering
The noun fluttering has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering -- (the motion made by flapping up and down)
Overview of verb flutter
The verb flutter has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) flit, flutter, fleet, dart -- (move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches")
2. (1) flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver -- (move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered")
3. flutter -- (flag the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements; "The seagulls fluttered overhead")
4. palpitate, flutter -- (beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated")
5. bat, flutter -- (wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fluttering
1 sense of fluttering
Sense 1
flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering
=> wave, undulation
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun fluttering
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fluttering
1 sense of fluttering
Sense 1
flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering
=> wave, undulation
Antonyms of noun fluttering
Member Holonyms of noun fluttering
Substance Holonyms of noun fluttering
Part Holonyms of noun fluttering
Member Meronyms of noun fluttering
Substance Meronyms of noun fluttering
Part Meronyms of noun fluttering
Meronyms of noun fluttering
Holonyms of noun fluttering
Attributes of noun fluttering
Derived Forms of noun fluttering
1 sense of fluttering
Sense 1
flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering
RELATED TO>(verb) flutter#2
=> flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
Domain of noun fluttering
Domain Terms of noun fluttering
Familiarity of noun fluttering
fluttering used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun fluttering
1 sense of fluttering
Sense 1
flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering
> wave, undulation
=> gravity wave, gravitation wave
=> sine wave
=> oscillation, vibration
=> fluctuation
=> seiche
=> standing wave, stationary wave
=> traveling wave
=> sound wave, acoustic wave
=> wave form, waveform, wave shape
=> shock wave, blast wave
=> pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulse
=> flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering
Meronyms of noun fluttering
1 sense of fluttering
Holonyms of noun fluttering
Grep of noun fluttering
fluttering
Antonyms of verb flutter
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb flutter
5 senses of flutter
Sense 1
flit, flutter, fleet, dart
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
=> move back and forth
=> move
Sense 3
flutter
=> beat, flap
=> move, displace
Sense 4
palpitate, flutter
=> beat, pound, thump
=> move
Sense 5
bat, flutter
=> blink, wink, nictitate, nictate
=> act involuntarily, act reflexively
=> act, behave, do
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb flutter
1 of 5 senses of flutter
Sense 1
flit, flutter, fleet, dart
=> butterfly
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb flutter
5 senses of flutter
Sense 1
flit, flutter, fleet, dart
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
Sense 2
flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
=> move back and forth
Sense 3
flutter
=> beat, flap
Sense 4
palpitate, flutter
=> beat, pound, thump
Sense 5
bat, flutter
=> blink, wink, nictitate, nictate
'Cause To' of verb flutter
Derived Forms of verb flutter
3 of 5 senses of flutter
Sense 1
flit, flutter, fleet, dart
RELATED TO>(noun) flutter#1
=> waver, flutter, flicker
Sense 2
flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
RELATED TO>(noun) flutter#1
=> waver, flutter, flicker
RELATED TO>(noun) fluttering#1
=> flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering
Sense 4
palpitate, flutter
RELATED TO>(noun) flutter#2
=> flutter
Domain of verb flutter
Domain Terms of verb flutter
Familiarity of verb flutter
flutter used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb flutter
5 senses of flutter
Sense 1
flit, flutter, fleet, dart
EX: The crowds flutter in the streets
EX: The streets flutter with crowds
Sense 2
flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 3
flutter
*> Something ----s
Sense 4
palpitate, flutter
*> Something ----s
Sense 5
bat, flutter
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb flutter
5 senses of flutter
Sense 1
flit, flutter, fleet, dart
> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> flit, flutter, fleet, dart
=> run
=> zoom, zoom along, whizz, whizz along
Sense 2
flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
> move back and forth
=> rock, sway, shake
=> swing, sway
=> flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
Sense 3
flutter
> beat, flap
=> flutter
=> bate
=> clap
Sense 4
palpitate, flutter
> beat, pound, thump
=> pulsate, throb, pulse
=> palpitate, flutter
=> thrash
=> flap
Sense 5
bat, flutter
> blink, wink, nictitate, nictate
=> palpebrate
=> bat, flutter
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb flutter
Sense 1
flit, flutter, fleet, dart
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
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Sense 2
flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
=> move back and forth
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Sense 3
flutter
=> beat, flap
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Sense 4
palpitate, flutter
=> beat, pound, thump
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Sense 5
bat, flutter
=> blink, wink, nictitate, nictate
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Grep of verb flutter
flutter
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