Synonyms:
flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering
Meaning: the motion made by flapping up and down
Usage examples
Fluttering down he alighted upon her shoulder.
Her mind seemed to pause, fluttering in air, like a bird in the wind.
Its fluttering motions seemed to Harry more significant than ever of defiance.
So they left the hats, flew out of the case and began fluttering about the room.
Fainting, breathless, with fluttering eyelids, he shivered at the touch of the monk's floating robe.
Morns like these we parted; Noons like these she rose, Fluttering first, then firmer, To her fair repose.
In the heat of the day there is an all-pervading rustling sound, caused by the fluttering of myriad insects and the gliding of lizards and snakes.
The splendid metallic-blue, and the yellow and transparent-winged, are very abundant on the Napo; some rise high in the air; others, living in societies, look like fluttering clouds.
It was late afternoon when they entered the Mersey, and dusk had fallen before the Captain got out his glass to look for the white fluttering speck in his own window which meant so much to him.
We were very busy with the viands, keeping one eye always on the brig however, when we noticed something fluttering over her taffrail; and the next moment a flag of some sort floated up to her peak.
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