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# fluttering

verb form (fluttering, from flutter); adjective (fluttering); noun (fluttering)

«fluttering» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Fluttering means moving quickly and lightly up and down or to and fro, like a butterfly's wings, a flag or falling leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluttering/#m1)
2. A fluttering feeling, like butterflies in your tummy, is a light nervous feeling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluttering/#m2)
3. A fluttering heart beats fast and unevenly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluttering/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories and poems fluttering wings, leaves and flags make pictures of lightness and movement; in science butterflies and moths are seen fluttering. Phrases: «fluttering wings», «fluttering in the breeze», «a fluttering in my tummy».

### Examples

- A butterfly was fluttering over the flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluttering/#x1)
- Flags were fluttering in the breeze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluttering/#x2)
- Leaves came fluttering down from the trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluttering/#x3)
- I had a fluttering feeling before my test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluttering/#x4)
- The baby bird was fluttering its wings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluttering/#x5)
- Her eyelashes were fluttering. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluttering/#x6)
- Moths kept fluttering round the lamp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluttering/#x7)
- “Why, indeed?” said a Butterfly, who was fluttering about after a sunbeam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluttering/#x8)

### Note

From «flutter» (one «t» doubled already: flu-tt-er, then add «-ing»). Softer and lighter than «flapping»; small things flutter, big things flap.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fluttering» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluttering/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fluttering» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fluttering.html) on Mova free.