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as in flurry
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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as in chance
chiefly British
a risky undertaking
most people regard the lottery as a harmless flutter
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as in to flit
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
a lonely butterfly fluttering across the lawn
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as in to flap
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 flutter
Jenny Berg, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2025
From the flutter of rare butterflies to the call of migrating songbirds, the park hums with life above and below the surface.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
Soft amber light illuminates gold jewelry, glossy lips, and brightly fabrics fluttering in the ocean breeze.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
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Noun
The finished result gives a natural-looking flutter, for any minimalist eye makeup look.
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Almost 35 years later, the fight that started before that single envelope fluttered into his cell is not over.
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Goldstein and Nguyen’s appointments end a recent flurry of movement in the legislature and in the Westminster-Broomfield area.—
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Its sudden appearance at a busy commercial airport sparked a flurry of online speculation.—
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Michigan added 17 second-chance points, got 44 points off the bench and scored 30 off fast breaks to exceed 100 points for the fifth time this season.—
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Still, the Hurricanes one win from restoring new glory days and with a title chance in their own stadium — that’s more than a Miami story, too.—
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Identity takes the lead as the Moon flits into your sign, so your tone, pace, and choices are most likely to set the mood for everyone today.—
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One by one, people of all ages silently stare at the camera for several seconds as emotions flit across their faces.—
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A little way down the bank, a hoatzin flapped awkwardly in dense foliage.—
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Their wings, a bit weighted down by water, flapped as the float rolled.—
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The only constant is Mount Etna, looming off to one side, at times sputtering out smoke, ash, and short bursts of lava.—
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And yet, two-thirds into the song’s six-minute lurch, a beaming synth line appears like a biblical burst of light, a plea for sanctuary from perpetual chaos.—
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Tommy has opposed the offshore well from the start — a gamble with only a 10% chance of success — and the disagreement has long strained his relationship with Cami.—
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Hiring these innovative—albeit, sometimes finicky—Gen Zers may sound like a gamble for traditional workplaces.—
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The Easter eggs of art history are plentiful, telling a story that dips and darts in many thrilling directions.—
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Pairs of multibar angelfish, with their zebra-like stripes and bright yellow bellies, darted across a field of silvery staghorn coral.—
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While commercial glass-fiber separators typically fail after 120 hours of use, this organic hydrogel endured 1,100 hours of cycling without a flicker in voltage.—
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Her skin—something known as Frubber, a porous patented blend of fleshlike elastic polymers—stretched over a structure of plastic and titanium, and there was no flicker of bashfulness.—
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“Flutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flutter. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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