1
as in flurries
a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity
the site saw a flutter of construction last month, but nothing's happening now
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2
as in ventures
chiefly British
a risky undertaking
most people regard the lottery as a harmless flutter
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as in flits
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
a lonely butterfly fluttering across the lawn
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as in flaps
to move or cause to move with a striking motion
fluttered my eyelashes as I struck up a conversation with the new guy at work
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Recent Examples of flutters
Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Right now, that home is with the Mahers at Somebody People, and wherever Monarch the pop-up flutters to next.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
In it, Mario snoozes against a tree as a butterfly flutters by his head.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Right now, that home is with the Mahers at Somebody People, and wherever Monarch the pop-up flutters to next.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flutters
Noun
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As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Mild with occasional snow flurries, but calm most of the week.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With countless ventures on his resume, which also includes a productivity app for people with ADHD as well as an e-commerce website that donates 100% of profits to charity, Green’s days are rarely identical.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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In addition to collaborating with Simmons in KISS, Stanley has worked on a number of outside ventures with his bandmate, including the restaurant franchise Rock & Brews and a now-defunct football team called Los Angeles Kiss.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The episode’s first half feels like the work of a misguided pest, and Beto’s filmmaking, which flits between several different styles and cuts between multiple angles sometimes within the course of one interview segment, doesn’t help.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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That goes for Jimmy Kimmel and for anybody who flaps their gums for a living.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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To clean your garbage disposal, Lane suggests starting by cleaning the rubber flaps by using dish soap and a brush or an old toothbrush to scrub the rubber flaps that line the disposal.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even the vets warned that such bursts of energy sometimes signal a final surge before decline, but Luna proved them wrong.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Beyond this, annual flowers such as petunias, marigolds, and zinnias can be used to add bursts of color throughout your beds and borders.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Superman proved to fire off the new DC under chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran, while the original gambles that Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy have made at the larger Warner Bros Motion Picture Group with Sinners and F1, as well as new IP A Minecraft Movie, have been smashing successes.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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As awards season progresses, the success or failure of these strategic gambles will likely influence how future romantic dramas approach their campaigns, potentially reshaping decades of precedent in favor of more aggressive positioning strategies.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Alex is a cop, and his partner, Dwayne (Brandon Jay McLaren), begins to tell him about how nothing ever happens in the town when Riley, a shoeless bloody escapee from the Tall Pines facility, darts into the road in front of their cruiser.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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In a surveillance video released by authorities, Robinson allegedly darts across the roof after firing the single shot, jimmies down to a ledge and jumps to the grass below.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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But things get weird when Kamala sees flickers of zombie faces in the crowd.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Sep. 2025
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Foster’s tenure had flickers of momentum.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Flutters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flutters. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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