flutters 1 of 2

noun

plural of flutter
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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flutters

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of flutter
1
as in flits
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements a lonely butterfly fluttering across the lawn

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2
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
Noun
Plastic waste flutters and settles into gulches, catches in the fencing. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026 An Iranian flag flutters in the wind as ships remain anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 22 May 2026 As track one begins, a copy of the script flutters down from the ceiling. — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026 The Cowboys have shown flutters of championship potential but have not made a conference final since 1996. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025 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 My heart flutters, excited to arrive, but also anxious about thirteen bodies cohabitating for six nights. — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2022
Verb
The flag of Iran flutters in the wind outside of the IAEA headquarters. — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Iran’s flag before the 1979 revolution — green, white and red with a lion and a rising sun — flutters from many overhangs. — Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel (center) flutters a Venezuelan and Cuban national flags in support of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in Havana. — Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flutters
  1. flurries
  2. ventures
  3. flits
  4. flaps
  5. bursts
  6. gambles
  7. darts
  8. flickers
Noun
  • The flurries of pigment inside them were dispersed by bursts of air delivered through the base of the box.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Macaday said some higher elevations in California have already seen flurries over the past month and a half.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of flurries
Noun
  • Prast said the company is open to licensing, toll manufacturing or joint ventures, and would leave industrial scale to partners.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • These ventures give Plex additional revenue streams beyond its media server software.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of ventures
Verb
  • Stellantis There's also all the homologation and regulatory hurdles attached to having something that flits between being a passenger-car and a light truck.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Jeffrey said his father flits about from KC to his 35 international restaurants, which are located in the Middle East, Asia and beyond.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of flits
Verb
  • If your dispenser has a latch that flaps open, make sure there is nothing blocking the flap to keep the pod from releasing and dissolving.
    — Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The robot flaps five to six times a second to maintain flight.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 9 July 2026
Definition of flaps
Noun
  • Cue the lovelorn weeping in the rain set to composer Roger Goula’s supple string score, and before us, a sweeping love epic bursts alive with real pain.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The machine generated about a dozen or so graphs, marked by human figures and bursts of colors that denoted energy fields, broken down by organ—and even tooth.
    — Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of bursts
Noun
  • While the human might try big gambles to come back from a significant deficit, Ataraxos would work its way back into the game slowly and methodically.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
  • On fourth-and-6 from the Poinciana 48, Gateway Coach Marlin Roberts and gambles on the first play of the fourth quarter.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of gambles
Verb
  • In non-linear fashion, Sorkin’s scenario darts back and forth between 2018, ’19, ’20 and ’21, offering a puzzle that eventually will come all together.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Sam Levy’s editing likewise darts associatively between these moods, seemingly letting sense memory shape the chronology of proceedings.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of darts
Noun
  • The first flickers of life beamed images from the Bloomberg network of a New York building on fire.
    — Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Jackson’s availability was curbed by red cards at Chelsea — in Bruges, a barge and shirt pull with defender Han-Beom Lee suggested those flickers of fury and confrontation still burn.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
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“Flutters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flutters. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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