"fluttering" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-fluttering.wav Forms: flutterings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fluttering (plural flutterings)
  1. Rapid back-and-forth waving or oscillation. Translations (Translations): aleteo [masculine] (Spanish), aletada [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fluttering-en-noun-NSZNL3Xk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 75 25

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-fluttering.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fluttering
  1. present participle and gerund of flutter Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: flutter Derived forms: flutteringly, unfluttering
    Sense id: en-fluttering-en-verb-thdbVN~G

Inflected forms

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