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text: The eagle soared across the horizon with just a few slow flutters of its wings. The flutter of insects and bats is more rapid. Some birds also use non-flight flutters as communication and in thermoregulation.

text: Fish move using a flutter of their body to propel themselves through the water. Some also derive propulsion or maneuverability from their fins' flutter.

text: Some turtles use their claw flutter as a means of communication, particularly in mating.

text: In the jungle the day is the time of bird song, nest building, the hum of insects, the flutter of butterflies. The night is the time of stealthy prowling, of lightning attack, of fear, of death.

ref: 1911, Charles Livingston Bull, Under the Roof of the Jungle: A Book of Animal Life in the Guiana Wilds, L.C. Page & Company, page 4:

text: Their flight is rapid, with quick flutters of the wings, which seem never to be raised to the level of the body.

ref: 2016, Sclater, P. L., Hudson, W. H., Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of II) - A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine Republic, Read Books Limited:

text: As she held it gingerly in her hands, one of the squares into which the creases divided it fell off from the main body, and sank with flutters to the floor.

ref: 1924, Arnold Bennett, Riceyman Steps, page 222:

text: A female bird’s flutter conveys a polite message to her mate

ref: 2024, Anna Gibbs, “‘After you!’ A female bird’s flutter conveys a polite message to her mate”, in Science:

text: Then, too, the same flutter is observed when it glides over the crest of a wave, but this probably only occurs when the wind lies in a certain direction from the axis of flight.

ref: 1926, Ernest Bade, Science and Invention, volume 17, Experimenter Publishing Company, page 462:

text: the pectoral fins are capable of generating high thrust during flutter

ref: 2026, Xiangxiang Wang, Hualong Xie and Sirui Li, “Effect of pectoral fin locomotion parameters on fish propulsive performance”, in Engineering Research Express, volume 8, number 7:

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glosses: The act of fluttering, or multiple acts thereof; the back-and-forth motion of fluttering; a state of fluttering.

text: leaf flutter; feather flutter

text: The flutter of the flock buffeted me.

text: Was it the flutter of fairy beings around the form of a lovely maiden? Their very flutter was in antithetical beats.

ref: 1901, Vida Dutton Scudder, Introduction to the Study of English, Globe School Book Company, page 339:

text: Here, in the summer evenings, the whole air is in motion with the flutter of fans.

ref: 1880, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, volume 40, page 833:

text: The bushes with leaves that flutter are portrayed with the flutter of fingers from a squatting position and with knee bends and the rising and falling of our arms, we imitate the waves on the water near the wigwams.

ref: 1933, Roy J. McMurray, The Journal of Health and Physical Education, volume 4, number October 1933, page 48:

raw_glosses: The act of fluttering, or multiple acts thereof; the back-and-forth motion of fluttering; a state of fluttering.

raw_glosses: (by extension) The collective flutter of many similar objects.

glosses: The collective flutter of many similar objects.

text: I eventually found the source of the flutter, which came from clothes on a clothesline swaying with the wind.

text: I find the flutter of a campfire to be soothing like a lullaby.

text: The wind causes a flutter in the barley in the field.

text: She produced a loaded keyring and, with a flutter of keys, found the right one to unlock the door.

text: In another instant with a flutter of keys Mary Trenzlo had flung back the trunk cover on its shimmering contents.

ref: 1921, The Ladies Home Journal, volume 38, page 5:

text: When Cyrus left her there by herself she stood quite still and listened to the sounds, a variety of ticks and tocks, faint beats and flutters.

ref: 2022, Ian Crouch, A Pyrrhic Victory Volume III — Fate, Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, page 367:

text: Behind her, she heard the flutter of cards being shuffled back into the pack.

ref: 2015, Abra S.W., A Circus of Brass and Bone, Bimulous Books:

text: Is it a flutter of birds migrating to the mountain vibes?

ref: 1907, The Canadian Alpine Journal, volumes 72-74, Alpine Club of Canada., page 47:

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raw_glosses: (by extension) A flapping, crackling or rustling sound, as from a fluttering motion or any comparable sound; any series of quick repetitive sounds.

glosses: A flapping, crackling or rustling sound, as from a fluttering motion or any comparable sound; any series of quick repetitive sounds.

text: A flutter of gasps spread over the crowd.

text: In all the flutter of peace talk, a public desire to be done with war, and a readiness to compromise through mediation, was revealed.

ref: 2011, Barbara W. Tuchman, The First Salute, Random House Publishing:

text: He was greeted with flutters and exclamations from the "How interesting!" females, hailed by the Grand Lodge of Scotland as "Caledonia's Bard," and in short was marvelled at everywhere.

ref: 1927, Joseph Auslander, Frank Ernest Hill, Theresa West Elmendorf, The Winged Horse, page 220:

text: There was a flutter of applause from the audience but, appreciatively, it quickly hushed itself.

ref: 1916, Katherine Melvina Huntsinger Blackford, Arthur Newcomb, Analyzing Character, the New Science of Judging Men: Misfits in Business, the Home and Social Life, page 94:

raw_glosses: (figurative) A sound that spreads in the manner of a wave or ripple.

glosses: A sound that spreads in the manner of a wave or ripple.

text: He couldn't help but feel more attracted to her with each flutter of her eyes/lashes/eyelids.

text: Her eyes did a flutter.

text: Bon's thighs wrapped around her waist, and Annie moved against her slowly, watching every flutter of her lashes, every gasp that spilled out.

ref: (Can we date this quote?), Ankitaa Kaushal, Threads of Her Heart, Forever Shinings Publication, page 37:

text: Sturdevant answered with a flutter of the eyes.

ref: 2014, Richard Curtis, Death in the Crease, Open Road Media:

text: There was a flutter of eyelids as she sat down beside Warrington and began to chatter to him in Italian.

ref: 1913, Parrot & Co, Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 159:

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glosses: The rapid up-and-down movement of the eyelids, and consequently eyelashes, often seen as intentionally flirtatious or alluring and often attributed to the eyes or eyebrows.

text: The flutter of the geisha's fan was elegant.

text: How apt is the flutter of the fan to express the different affections of the belle : there is the angry flutter, the modest flutter, the timorous flutter, the confused flutter etc.

ref: 1876, August Paul, Addison's Influence on the Social Reform of His Age, T.G. Meissner, page 55:

text: On the other hand, who ever tires of the names of Oldfield, and Bracegirdle, and Woffington? All the flutters of the fans of two centuries, and all the solid merits of bodices and petticoats, come down to us in their names; chequering Covent Garden like chintz, and bringing along with them the periwigged and scented glories of the Congreves and Steeles.

ref: 1847, Leight Hunt, Men, Women and Books a Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs from His Uncollected Prose Writing by Leigh Hunt, page 288:

text: As to Mrs. Merillia, although she was, in reality, near fainting in wonder at her grandon's escapade, she preserved an expression of gracious benignity, and did not allow a motion of her eyelids or a flutter of her fan to betray her emotion at finding herself the unprepared hostess of such unusual guests.

ref: 2019, Robert Hitchens, The Prophet of Berkeley, Good Press:

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glosses: The movement a hand fan with a back-and-forth action using flicks of the wrist, so as to produce a graceful wave-like effect.

text: The flutter of your legs will propel you through the water, when you execute a proper flutter kick.

text: 'The body is propelled, headforemost, by a fluttering" of the legs. This flutter bears some resemblance to the crawl-stroke kick-inverted. The knees are together and toes pointed in line with the legs. From the knees, the legs are, alternately, dropped a few inches and then flashed upwards again. The feet thus continually pass and repass, and the "wedges" of water driven out from between the legs force the body along.

ref: 1879, Sid. G. Hedges, The Boy's Own Paper, volume 45, Leisure House Office, page 66:

text: It is called flutter kick because it is just that, a quick flutter of nearly straight legs, fast and small

ref: 2020 April 1, “Improving Your Freestyle Stroke”, in Steve Wallen Swim School:

text: However, when boys used this new arm action a semi-flutter of both legs was present.

ref: 1935, Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, volume 6, number April 1935, page 26:

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raw_glosses: (swimming) The leg motion of various strokes in swimming, especially the flutter kick.

glosses: The leg motion of various strokes in swimming, especially the flutter kick.

text: Winged helicopter seeds fall with rapid flutters to the ground.

text: The Christmas tree fell in a flutter of ornaments and pine needles.

text: Jessi gathered the length of hair from his shoulders to his back, the weight falling in flutters between his shoulders.

ref: 2022, Sarah Westill, Kynhaven:

text: Flutters of colour fell about him, seesawing movement that marked the descent of leaves.

ref: 2022, D K. Girl, The Fulbourn:

text: The notebook slipped free of Sarge's fingers, falling in a flutter of white to the ground.

ref: 2015, Tessa Bailey, Crashed Out, Entangled Publishing, LLC:

text: This time the topmast fell in a flutter of canvas and shattered spars.

ref: 2015, Karl W Heffelfinger, Headlong Into Hell:

text: she fell in a flutter of sleeves

ref: 2014, Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior, Pan Macmillan:

text: It fell in a flutter of dusty shreds and moths.

ref: 2018, The Lesley Glaister Collection, Open Road Media:

text: He fell, in a flutter of quilts and a storm of cuss words totally unfit for a lady's ears, to her feet.

ref: 2004, Patricia Lucas White, Edwina Parkhurst Spinster:

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glosses: The motion or state of falling while fluttering or falling as to produce fluttering.

text: The irregular back-and-forth flutter of this fishing lure imitates the movement of an injured or sick fish.

text: Palatal flutter is a cause of sleep apnea and snoring.

text: The rolled r sound of Spanish can be created with a flutter of the tongue.

text: candle flutter; tail flutter

text: the chirp and flutter of some single bird

ref: c. 1838, Richard Monckton Milnes, The Forest:

text: (A swan) dashed suddenly forward with such a flutter that the water all round was lashed into foam.

ref: 1866., Chatterbox, volume XXVI, United States, page 202:

text: "I haven't got it, yet," he told her, while she was behind the screen, above which, as she dressed, there now and then were flutters of swung garments. "But I'll find someone. If you're really in earnest about this-you are, aren't you?"

ref: 1913, Edward Marshall, The Master of the House, G.W. Dillingham Company, page 19:

text: I turned into the garden, and saw the flutter of her dress as she escaped down a side-walk, and heard the sound of a stifled sob.

ref: 1878, Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, United Kingdom: W & R Chambers, page 522:

text: the inch-at-a-time flutter of a surface lure

ref: July 1976, Frank Sargent, “High-Speed Bass”, in Field & Stream, page 111:

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glosses: A quick and irregular motion or vibration, or multiple such motions.

text: It's important to note any flutter in the iris.

text: Flutter, which is present in most iris-supported lenses, is minimized or virtually eliminated.

ref: 1965, Nicholas G. Douvas, New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology, Symposium on Cataracts, Mosby, page 133:

text: Iris flutter, or iridodonesis, is another indirect sign of weak zonules, which hold the lens in place

ref: 2013 December 20, “Preoperative considerations in patients with cataracts and pseudoexfoliation syndrome”, in Optometry Times:

text: Flutter, which is present in most iris - supported lenses, is minimized

ref: 1979, Nicholas G. Douvas, New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology, Symposium on Cataracts: Transactions of the New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology, Mosby, page 133:

glosses: The trembling movement of an iris caused by a lack of support from the lens or as a complication of cataract surgery.

text: kite flutter; parachute flutter; sail flutter

text: Even a weak flutter can damage your sail.

text: The flutter of the tarp made it fall onto the heads of those underneath it.

text: This design will reduce the chance of flutter in the parachute.

text: He eyed the sail's flutter , a tactic Beatense knew.

text: You will see a tiny flutter, a shiver, a vibration along the luff. That flutter is your friend.

ref: 2026, S. Williams, Sailing Basics (Points of Sail, Trimming): Harnessing Wind, NFT Publishing:

text: Flutter is when the leech or foot of a sail is vibrating from the wind

ref: 2021, Mike Westin, Olle Landsell, Nina Olofsson, Par Olofsson, Seamanship 2.0, Bloomsbury Publishing:

glosses: The vibration, shaking or flapping of fabric, such as in a kite, parachute or sail; the condition of having such a flutter.

text: Witness the flutter of its neck, which helps to lower the bird's body temperature.

text: The gular flutter is characterized by a rapid flutter of the gular region caused by flexure and relaxation of the hyoid apparatus.

ref: 2025, Brian Speer, Yvonne R.A. van Zeeland, Current Therapy in Avian Medicine and Surgery Volume II, Elsevier, page 450:

text: gular flutter is actuated by flexure of the hyoid apparatus

ref: 1979, Paul D. Sturkie, editor, Avian Physiology, Springer New York, page 238:

text: flutter is absent altogether from passerine species

ref: 1973, Stewart Richards, Temperature Regulation, Springer US, page 89:

raw_glosses: A quick and irregular motion or vibration, or multiple such motions.

raw_glosses: (zoology) The vibration of a bird's throat by rapidly pumping air into it with the mouth open in order to reduce excess body heat; gular flutter.

glosses: The vibration of a bird's throat by rapidly pumping air into it with the mouth open in order to reduce excess body heat; gular flutter.

text: I've never been able to achieve a proper flutter on my flute.

text: This articulation is based on the rapid flutter of the tip of the tongue, with the tongue shaped as in the syllable tr or dr.

ref: 1970, Edwin Putnik, The Art of Flute-Playing, Summy-Birchard Company, page 44:

text: In this method the flutter is produced by rolling the tongue rapidly against the reed as in rolling the letter "r" in “ b - r - r - r.

ref: 1962, Frederick William Westphal, Guide to Teaching Woodwinds, W. C. Brown Company:

text: The oboist usually allows air to escape around the reed and loosens the embouchure to accommodate the flutter.

ref: (Can we date this quote?), Jacquline LeClair, “Flutter Tonguing: Oboe & English Horn”, in BandDirector.com:

raw_glosses: (music) A method of articulation in playing wind instruments by curving the tongue at the sides and exhaling air over it to make it vibrate; flutter-tongue.

glosses: A method of articulation in playing wind instruments by curving the tongue at the sides and exhaling air over it to make it vibrate; flutter-tongue.

text: I love the flutter of the singer's voice. I could never develop the flutter needed to do that. Her flutter is excellent.

text: That flutter in your voice is a vocal tremor, caused by the involuntary contractions of muscles in the larynx, throat or other adjacent parts of the body.

text: a rapid voice tremor or "flutter" of around 10 Hz, best detected on vowel prolongation.

ref: 1991, J. Eric Ahlskog, Mayo Clinic. Department of Neurology, Clinical Examinations in Neurology, Mosby Year Book:

text: When a voice with a tremolo is pushed, or forced, the flutter of the tongue may spread to the jaw, which then moves up and down with the flutter of the tremolo; this is known as a "jaw tremolo." It may even spread to the chest, which then becomes involved in this tetanic flutter.

ref: 1957, Douglas Stanley, Your Voice, Pitman Publishing, page 30:

text: The slow flutter of his vibrato gives a melancholy tinge to the proceedings.

ref: 2014, Donna Soto-Morettini, Popular Singing and Style, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 221:

raw_glosses: (medicine, music) Any of several vocal effects, actions, techniques or conditions, notably tremolo, vibrato and trill, which are deliberately cultivated, as well as the neurological disorder vocal tremor or general strain.

text: Despite an occasional flutter, the water current still flows in the same direction as always.

text: Smoking rates have been going down for a long time, despite a few regional and temporary flutters.

text: The Democratic Party hasn't lost college students, this is just a flutter.

text: We've never even seen a flutter in the loyalty of the MacKenzie clan.

text: This isn't the first flutter we've seen from them. They'll come back to us just like they always do.

text: Then you need the "buffer of safety"-thirty per cent of your holdings in Miller Bonds - unaffected by the flutters of the market

ref: 1925, G.L. Miller & Co., edited by Albert Shaw, The American Review of Reviews, volume 72, Review of Reviews, page 15:

text: The complete flutter of the distant signal would probably so entirely destroy its identity that the crosstalk from it would be a substantially unintelligible noise.

ref: 1909}, De Loss K. Martin, Glenn D. Gillett and Isabel S. Bemis, “Some Possibilities and Limitations in Common Frequency Broadcasting”, in Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 15, page 215:

raw_glosses: (figurative) An exception to, or fluctuation in, a pattern; a minor and temporary deviation from an expectation; a blip in a trend; a transient shift in allegiance.

glosses: An exception to, or fluctuation in, a pattern; a minor and temporary deviation from an expectation; a blip in a trend; a transient shift in allegiance.

text: in a flutter

text: She'd been in a flutter since receiving word that her in-laws were on the way.

text: Thoughts of what he had to do tomorrow ignited a flutter to get ready.

text: There was a flutter in the office today because Mr Jones came by.

text: Joanna was in a giggly flutter for the pop star.

text: They were upset, having a flutter about getting me on their side in the dispute.

text: flutter of spirits

ref: 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:

text: Their visitor was an issue - at least to the imagination, and they arrived finally, under provocation, at intensities of flutter in which they felt themselves so compromised by his hoverings that they could only consider with relief the fact of nobody's knowing.

ref: 1900, Henry James, The Soft Side The Third Person Chapter 3

text: there was no one real drawback to her flutter of excitement and happy anticipation

ref: 1820, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 121, page 526:

text: He watched confusion start to flicker in her eyes , followed by a flutter of panic.

ref: 2024, Carol Marinelli, Bride Under Contract, Harlequin:

text: "Oh! I can fancy her flutter! For my part, if there be one character in the world more odious than another, I think it is a fussy woman. Lady, with Lord Cadurcis dining with her, and the new beauty for a niece, must have been in a most delectable state of bustle.

ref: 1888, Benjamin Disraeli, Disraeli's Novels, page 109:

text: The first resolution she could take, in the present flutter of her spirits, was to make the best of her way to London, where she thought she might find an asylum in the house of a female relation, married to an eminent physician, known by the name of Kawdle.

ref: 1835, Tobias Smollett, Walter Scott, Select Works of Tobias Smollett With a Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Author, volume 2, page 265:

raw_glosses: (figurative) A state or episode of agitation, of excited anxiety or anxious excitement, or of anticipation; an act of taking a flutter (To flutter for a short period of time) or of being all of a flutter.

text: From my apartment, I heard a flutter in the streets, presumably in protest of the war.

text: When I heard a flutter in the basement, I knew it was my daughter sneaking out to play after her bedtime.

text: The head of the Florida bureau said there's a flutter among the engineers about that new policy.

text: We engaged in an afternoon flutter of preparation for the party.

text: Flutters of excitement were everywhere apparent.

ref: 1928, Charles Francis Stocking, The Identity of Douglas Bain, Maestro Company, page 239:

text: The next day was spent in a flutter of business.

ref: 2010, Nevil Shute, Pied Piper, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 38:

text: Our attention is not fufficiently disentangled from the flutter of business, care, or pleasure

ref: 1801, Rev. John Moir, The Gospel of Jesus the Philosophy of Life. With an Appendix and Index, page 241:

text: suddenly, to my surprise, Miss Austin, who was the last person I should have looked to for help, interposed, in her matter-of-fact way.

ref: 1858, Margaret Oliphant Oliphant, Orphans: a chapter in a life, by the author of 'Margaret Maitland', page 141:

raw_glosses: A commotion, ruckus or disturbance; a brief state of energetic activity.

glosses: A commotion, ruckus or disturbance; a brief state of energetic activity.

text: He found his eyelid flutters annoying enough to see a doctor about them.

text: A flutter ran through her, but she steeled her nerves and continued.

text: She had to pick her steps to avoid the flutters of the quivering, bleeding bodies.

ref: 1907, Journal of Zoöphily, volume 14, number 3, Philadelphia: American Anti-Vivisection Society, page 26:

text: Eyelid flutter denotes extroversion and agitation

ref: 1994, Jonn Munford, A Chakra & Kundalini Workbook: Psycho-spiritual Techniques for Health, Rejuvenation, Psychic Powers, and Spiritual Realization, 4th edition, Llewellyn Publications, published 2003:

text: Maud interrupted, with a flutter of the lip, that looked more like the effort to subdue a sneer than a sneer itself

ref: 1875, Annie Thomas, The Maskleynes, page 130:

glosses: A spasmodic vibration of one or more body parts or the entire body; a shudder.

text: She took her own pulse to verify the flutter she felt was real.

text: A flutter left him light-headed until he steadied himself by grabbing the railing.

text: His heart did a flutter.

text: a message which Erle received with a flutter of the heart

ref: 1890, Pierce Egan, The Wonder of Kingswood Chace, page 72:

text: A small shiver slid down her back, but she kept her smile steady, coolly amused, unflustered, despite the unwanted flutter of her pulse.

ref: 2014, Liz Tyner, Ann Lethbridge, Elizabeth Beacon, Harlequin Historical December 2014 - Box Set 2 of 2:

text: But the memory of her vows yesterday settled the flutter in her heart

ref: 2020, Janith Hooper, Let Your Heart Beat Again:

glosses: The condition or sensation of a rapid and abnormal heart rhythm; the action of a swift heartbeat.

text: Was that a flutter from my soon-to-be baby or a flutter of indigestion? I couldn't tell!

text: So you've been feeling flutters in your belly for three days? Any other symptoms?

text: She felt the first flutters of the plane's descent.

text: A roiling flutter within had me harden my gaze at the man I swore to seek revenge on.

text: The vanilla latte he is now drinking is giving him disturbing flutters of a major conga line in his stomach

ref: 2020, Patty Fischer, The Wind Whistles Wicked, Page Publishing Incorporated:

text: her flutter purred rhythmically with her breathing.

ref: 2026, Johnny Gnall, The Far End, FriesenPress, page 145:

text: the influence of the flutter that was connected to Adan was quickly taking a toll on my already weak body

ref: 2012, Melissa Andrea, Flutter, page 269:

glosses: A feeling of internal shifting, which may be caused by the movement of a fetus, muscular spasms associated with digestion (or indigestion) or other phenomena, including idiosyncratic perceptions.

text: He was mostly over his phobia of dogs, but sometimes the sight of a dog still gave him a flutter of terror.

text: Some of her father's ways still triggered flutters of that old burning resentment in her. She spoke of him with a flutter of her bitterness that others could sense.

text: When he saw that smiling photo of her, he got a flutter of hope that she would come back one day.

text: flutter of pain, agony, etc.; flutter of interest, learning, knowledge

text: Not that she cared twopence for the enormous sum, really, now that concord was established! No, her little flutters of honest remorse were constantly disappearing in the immense exultant joy of being alive and of contemplating her idol.

ref: 1914, Arnold Bennett, The Price of Love, Harper & Brothers, page 418:

text: Elise nodded, fighting the traitorous flutters of excitement in her stomach.

ref: 2013, Linda Skye, A Dance with Indecency:

text: "Well, why did you tell me?" said I softly, to enjoy her flutters of amazement, of dismay.

ref: 1904, The Loves of Edwy, Lothrop Publishing Company, page 239:

raw_glosses: A spasmodic vibration of one or more body parts or the entire body; a shudder.

raw_glosses: (figurative) A flash of emotion that accompanies an internal sensation, such as a rapid pulsation of the heart or a quiver of nervous disquiet; a small burst of emotion that may be felt or expressed; a fleeting feeling or idea experienced as a feeling.

text: That flutter in the patient's eyes means there's a neurological problem.

text: We will first comment on the atypical flutter of our patient and then on the concept of opsoclonus/flutter of our patient and then on the concept of flutter upon convergence.

ref: 2019, Aasef G. Shaikh, Stefano Ramat, editor, Mathematical Modelling in Motor Neuroscience: State of the Art and Translation to the Clinic, Gaze Orienting Mechanisms and Disease, volume 249, page 68:

text: Postsaccadic bursts of double saccadic pulses are called flutter dysmetria and multivectorial flutter is opsoclonus

ref: 2014, Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, volume 1, Elsevier Science, page 619:

text: Flutter is seen as the result of fixation and refixation efforts and consists of a short burst of horizontal oscillations.

ref: 1974, Andrew J. Gay, Eye Movement Disorders, page 142:

raw_glosses: (medicine) The rapid horizontal movement (saccades) of the eyes without pausing between them; ocular flutter.

glosses: The rapid horizontal movement (saccades) of the eyes without pausing between them; ocular flutter.

text: You need a cardiologist to treat this flutter in your heart. Your cardiologist will have ways of getting you out of flutter.

text: The recording speed is also of importance in detecting flutters of high frequency.

ref: 1985, Robert Kraus, The Practice of Echocardiography, page 143:

text: Flutter is defined by a rapid and regular atrial rhythm originating from reentrant circuit within the atria.

ref: (Can we date this quote?), Spineanu Eugenia, Harmony in Flutter: A Comprehensive Exploration of Atrial Flutter - From Molecular Insights to Holistic Health:

text: flutters that arise in the left atrium

ref: 2020, David Callans, Josephson's Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Wolters Kluwer Health:

raw_glosses: (medicine) An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart, caused by the too-rapid beating of the upper chambers; the condition of experiencing such a flutter.

glosses: An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart, caused by the too-rapid beating of the upper chambers; the condition of experiencing such a flutter.

text: I see a distinct flutter in your echocardiogram.

text: In addition to investigating the phenomena responsible for initiating flutter, expanded studies of heart valve leaflet flutter could explore other relevant system parameters, such as flow speed and valve size, that may induce or reduce flutter.

ref: 2023, Tayfun E. Tezduyar, editor, Frontiers in Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow Simulation, Springer International Publishing, page 177:

text: the flutter of the anterior mitral leaflet is best delineated

ref: 1985, Hugo Spindola-Franco, Robert Eisenberg, Bernard G. Fish, Charles B. Higgins, Richard M. Steingart, John P. Wexler, Radiology of the Heart, Springer:

text: In this review, we summarize and analyze the existing literature; discuss the detection methods of frequency and amplitude of heart valve flutter, and its potential effects on valve function, such as thrombosis and valve degeneration; and discuss some possible ways to avoid flutter.

ref: 2024 October 29, Chen, L.; Zhang, Z.; Li, T.; Chen, Y, “A Review of Biomechanical Studies of Heart Valve Flutter”, in Fluids:

raw_glosses: (medicine) The vibration of a heart valve; the condition of experiencing such vibrations.

glosses: The vibration of a heart valve; the condition of experiencing such vibrations.

text: The flutter has been treated, and symptoms of synchronous diaphragmatic flutter are no longer present.

text: the flutter stopped temporarily

ref: 1963, Modern Veterinary Practice, American Veterinary Publications, page 234:

text: A 35-year-old woman’s flutter was triggered by increasing the depth of breathing and by (electrical) stimulation of the diaphragm.

ref: 2017, Michael Chiou, BA; María Victoria Herrero; John R. Bach, MD; Jeffrey L. Cole, MD; and Enrique Luis Gonzales, AAS, CRT, RRT, “Treatment of Idiopathic Diaphragm Flutter”, in CHEST^(https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(17)30175-7/pdf):

text: It looks like a mild contraction or "flutter" of the diaphragm (almost like a mild hiccup), but it is not associated with breathing

ref: 1989, Michael A. Ball, Understanding Equine First Aid: Your Guide to Horse Health Care and Management, Blood-Horse, Incorporated, page 75:

links:
synchronous diaphragmatic flutter
synchronous diaphragmatic flutter

raw_glosses: (medicine) A contraction of the diaphragm caused by synchronous diaphragmatic flutter.

glosses: A contraction of the diaphragm caused by synchronous diaphragmatic flutter.

text: I felt each flutter of the lawnmower as it struggled to start.

text: The needle on this gauge was in a flutter, which makes it hard to read the result.

text: The flutter of the drill makes me tired just from holding it.

text: The "flutter" of the saw between the guides is caused by lower guides clamping saw, and is a prolific cause of bullheads and cracks, the former because it holds the saw as the shock of contact occurs, and increases the overthrow of the top wheel.

ref: 1916, The Wood-Worker, volume 35, number May 1916, page 36:

text: In this installation consideration had to be given to the elastic behavior of the control pipes in relation to flutter of the valve leaf.

ref: 1955, Harold Leigh Beaney, Gavin R. Battye, Report on the Design and Construction of Dams in the United States of America, page 32:

text: Figure 7.13 shows stability diagrams that illustrate the effect of the magnitude of the damping coefficient of the damper on the flutter of the pipe.

ref: 2019, Yoshihiko Sugiyama, Mikael A. Langthjem, Kazuo Katayama, Dynamic Stability of Columns Under Nonconservative Forces, page 97:

glosses: A physical oscillation in a mechanical device; a state of oscillation; the action of oscillation.

text: wind turbine flutter, propellor flutter, blade flutter, fan flutter, fin flutter, whirl flutter, wing flutter

text: The flutter characteristics of the new design suggest that it will hold up well in real-world conditions.

text: The possibility was studied that there might be some unknown phenomenon at work that could cause a reduction in structural stiffness with age. Such a reduction in stiffness could result in a reduced flutter speed and lead to flutter. In 2004, Airbus conducted GVT in support of its MRTT program. The testing was conducted on an aged A310 aircraft (MSN 523) that had accumulated over 28 000 flight hours. This test aircraft had the same design of VTP and rudder as the occurrence aircraft. GVT results found that fin bending and rudder rotation frequencies of the MRTT test aircraft were consistent with those obtained during the original A310-300 certification. No indication was found to suggest that stiffness had reduced with age.

ref: 2007, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, “1.12.12 Age-Related Structures and Materials Degradation”, in Aviation Investigation Report A05F0047, Loss of Rudder in Flight, Air Transat Airbus A310-308 C-GPAT, Miami, Florida, 90 nm S, 06 March 2005, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2021, page 40:

text: In this work, we introduce a comprehensive evaluation of flutter behavior including classical flutter, edgewise vibration, and flutter mode characteristics for two-bladed, downwind rotors.

ref: 2022, Mayank Chetan, Shulong Yao, and D. Todd Griffith, “Flutter behavior of highly flexible blades for two- and three-bladed wind turbines”, in Wind Energy Science:

text: The investigation reveals that flutter onset is consistently governed by the coupling of the first two structural modes, establishing the primary instability boundary, while a secondary instability pathway involving the third and fourth modes uniquely emerges for the fully extended wing.

ref: 2026, Tianxing Chen, Kun Guo, Huichao Deng, Yuchen Xia, Hao Luo, Yunlong Li and Xiuwei Tian, “Flutter Analysis of a Morphing Wing Considering Fluid–Thermal–Structure Coupling”, in AIAA Journal:

raw_glosses: A physical oscillation in a mechanical device; a state of oscillation; the action of oscillation.

raw_glosses: (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.

text: You have a compressor surge, I could hear the flutter in your engine. I can show you how to fix the flutter.

text: If you hear flutter on acceleration, it is dangerous surge.

ref: 2026, Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman, Turbocharger Diagnostics & Performance Optimization: Boost Control, Failure Analysis, and Tuning for Modern Forced Induction Systems, Personal Lean Publictations, page 82:

glosses: The sound created when the throttle body in an engine is closed, forcing air through the turbocharger in the wrong direction, which makes the air bounce against the compressor blades, stalling them; the condition of having this occur in an engine.

text: The flutters are a sign that something is seriously wrong with your car.

text: A flutter of the engine, and then it stopped.

glosses: The shaking of a vehicle or part of a vehicle, especially when caused by the engine surging, stalling or fluctuating in RPM.

text: The bird's song was full of trills and flutters.

text: I can hear a flutter in this movie's soundtrack.

glosses: A fluctuation in sound, especially a malfunction in technology.

text: I heard a flutter when she spoke.

text: He said he could do it, but the flutter in his voice told me he lacked confidence.

text: "Wellllll..." he said, and I could tell from the flutter that he was not going to commit to buy today.

text: Turiel said, the merest flutter of effort in her tone.

ref: 2022, Joseph R. Lallo, The Book of Deacon:

text: "I shouldn't have cared for Newport, or the Springs, father, truly," said Leslie, with a little hopeful flutter of eagerness in her voice, "but the real mountains, - O father!"

ref: 1866, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life, page 16:

text: "I want to release you from your oath," he said, a slight flutter in his voice.

ref: 2002, David B. Coe, Rules of Ascension, Tom Doherty Associates, page 127:

glosses: A wavering quality in a voice, usually suggesting a specified feeling.

text: The explosion of flutters behind me let me know the paparazzi were here.

text: I heard the flutter of a camera, saw a man a few yards behind me taking photos with a long-range lens.

ref: 2024, Megan Miranda, Daughter of Mine, Scribner, page 95:

glosses: The sound of a camera shutter opening to let in light when taking a picture, or the sound of a camera app that simulates the same thing.

text: A lot of people find the flutter of film to be an annoying distraction.

text: On the exhibition end, most of the sound heads in use at present slide the film past a stationary sound gate with the result that irregularities in the friction of the film against the gate produce a flutter. As a result of film shrinkage, only one pair of teeth in the pulling sprocket made contact with the film at one time. At the moment the pulling pair of teeth are disengaged from the film a slight slippage of the film is required to bring the next pair of teeth in contact with it. This results in a speed variation known as sprocket-hole modulation. Where a hold-back sprocket is not provided, variations in the tension of the takeup mechanism are transmitted directly to the pulling sprocket with resulting variations in speed.

ref: 1916, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, page 188:

text: Take-ups Cause Flutter

ref: 1930, “Instructions in Sound”, in Moving Picture Review & Theatre Management, volume 25, Exhibitors Trade Review Publishing, page 40:

text: Fortunately, the ear is quite tolerant of variations in pitch (flutter) caused by variation in film speed of speech recordings

ref: 1942, “Circular of the National Bureau of Standards”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), number 439, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 18:

glosses: A sound distortion in film, as in an old movie, caused by variable film speed across the sound head.

text: The flutter is part of the appeal for cassette enthusiasts.

text: To specify the effect of flutter with one figure can be extremely misleading, for it says nothing about the distribution of flutter in the spectrum of interest.

ref: 1979, J. Strackee, Robert S. Reneman, editor, Data in Medicine: Collection, Processing and Presentation: A Physical-Technical Introduction for Physicians and Biologists, Springer Netherlands, page 200:

raw_glosses: A fluctuation in sound, especially a malfunction in technology.

raw_glosses: (audio) The distortion in a cassette recording, especially the distortion caused by variations in the speed of the magnetic tape due to sticking and slipping during playback or recording.

text: I maintain all of the equipment in tiptop condition, so there's no wow or flutter.

text: He diagnosed my system's flutter.

text: Difference between flutter and wow

ref: 1930, F.H. Richardson, “F.H. Richardson's Comments”, in Motion Picture Herald, volume 120, page 22:

raw_glosses: (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency, caused by variations in the speed of the playback from a record player; the condition of having such variation.

text: The flutter in this room is from the hard, parallel walls.

text: To hear a flutter echo, all one needs is a pair of parallel surfaces (and they need not be very large), stand between them, and clap hands. Nowhere else in the vast garden were there any flutters.

ref: 2008, Floyd E. Toole, Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms, Elsevier:

text: The two recordings aren't synced up well enough to get rid of that flutter.

glosses: The pulsating sound created by the phase distortion caused by the simultaneous playback of two frequencies.

glosses: The sound distortion created by a turntable picking up subsonic interference.

text: I finally solved the flutter from that speaker.

glosses: The sound distortion created by vibrations in a speaker; speaker flutter.

text: The flutter of the lamplight cast a romantic glow on the room.

text: The flutter effect strains my eyes.

text: If the two pictures are colored or shaded differently, one eye will get tired before the other and the brain will momentarily give most of its attention to the second eye which is pointing in the right direction, while the first or fatigued eye will go more or less to sleep and will turn outward... The result is that the brain gets a fluttering sensation superimposed on the perception of form and color. This flutter comes from the direction muscles and not from the retina. If the two pictures are of somewhat different brightness, the attention will shift from one to the other and the iris muscles will also flutter; the difference must not be too great or the brighter image will hold the attention all the time, so that there will be a more nearly steady state with less flutter. If the two pictures are of different colors there will be a flutter of color sensation through the optic nerve in addition to the flutter of the focusing muscles.

ref: 1919, Journal of Physical Chemistry, volume 23, page 343:

text: I perceive no flutter or bending of the lines

ref: 1909, Psychological Monographs, American Psychological Association, page 78:

text: Flutter in the picture due to passing aeroplanes and other fading effects are reduced.

ref: 2002, R.R. Gulati, Modern Television Practice Principles,Technology and Servicing, New Delhi: New Age International, page 215:

glosses: A flicker or fluctuation in light; a type of visual distortion.

text: I hate watching that TV, because of its flutter.

glosses: A malfunction in the image on a television, monitor or screen, which may be fluctuations in brightness, bands of distortion or a flickering or blurry quality; the condition of displaying such a malfunction.

text: The flutter on those old movies makes it hard to see the details.

text: Anything that causes the film to pass the light beam jerkily produces flutter.

ref: 1929, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Fundamentals of Sound Recording, page 192:

glosses: A jumping or flickering effect in a film or a video, which may come from damage to the film or to defects in the recording, such as a shaky camera, or which may be a digital effect that simulates such conditions.

text: "Not that I am averse to having a business flutter, mind you." "This will be more than a flutter, I assure you."

ref: 2011, Iris Gower, The Wild Seed, Transworld:

text: Maybe they thought I was one of those golden boys or hot shots that blew everything on a risky flutter on the stock exchange

ref: 2015, Alain Robert, With Bare Hands, Maverick Publishing Limited:

glosses: A speculative endeavor, especially a small one; an act of taking a flutter (To support a risky option.).

text: We had a flutter on the project, but we didn't get very far on it.

text: You had a flutter? Yes. And yet you suggest that the Government did not take things seriously enough whilst you were conducting this flutter?

ref: 1913, Parliamentary Papers, H.M. Stationery Office, page 348:

text: Paignton had had a flutter at including an adjoining area

ref: 1923, Chartered Municipal Engineer, Institution of Municipal Engineers, page 973:

text: If you believe you have, send it along, and have a flutter for one of the big money prizes we offer.

ref: 1928, The Homing Pigeon, and National Homing Union Members' Gazette, volume 25, page 1020:

raw_glosses: A speculative endeavor, especially a small one; an act of taking a flutter (To support a risky option.).

raw_glosses: (dated, usually as have a flutter on) An attempt or try.

text: We should have luck with a flutter over the north field.

text: A flutter over the well-known water ditch, a desultory charge of a hundred and fifty horsemen and women up the hill beyond

ref: 1894, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume 62, page 419:

text: In October, however, hounds may be allowed to have a flutter and to get away with their fox in the open, and then fields are bigger

ref: 1920, A.S. Horwood, The Sphere: An Illustrated Newspaper for the Home, page 62:

text: Occasion what the D.T. gentleman calls "a flutter" and "brief scurries".

raw_glosses: (UK, usually a flutter over) An act of foxhunting.

text: I fancied a flutter, and I won eighty pounds on it.

text: "Oh, by the way, I heard of a rather good thing today, New Kleinfonteins; it's a gold mine in Rhodesia. If you'd like to have a flutter you might make a bit."

ref: 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 93, in Of Human Bondage:

text:
30 July, 2009, Eurosport, Gray Matter: How will Schu do?
So with his victory odds currently at 14/1 or 3/1 for the podium, he's still most certainly well worth a flutter […]

text: These regular and committed gamblers are not engaged in a flutter, or a romantic adventure.

ref: 1976, William Robson, Welfare State and Welfare Society: Illusion and Reality, Taylor & Francis:

raw_glosses: (UK) A small bet or risky investment, especially from a rookie gambler; an act of taking a flutter (To place a small bet.).

glosses: A small bet or risky investment, especially from a rookie gambler; an act of taking a flutter (To place a small bet.).

text: We usually just have a flutter after dinner, but once the game is through, we all go to our rooms.

text: "We have a loo in College every night-of course that is not every night, but most nights-not a big loo at all, you know, but just a small party of our own. I would almost rather we played whist myself, but the other fellows don't like whist, it's too awfully scientific; and at loo, you know, you can have a bit of a flutter. It helps to pass the time after Hall."

ref: 1900, W.E.W. Collins, A Scholar of His College, volume 900, page 151:

text: The castle was adorned with ribbons, flags and other flutters that waved in the stiff wind.

text: Then he looked from her to some gayer figures moving along the road with flutters of bright streamers and flounces

ref: 1900, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, The Love of Parson Lord: And Other Stories, page 25:

text: As the nudities and mythologies of the sixteenth century lost something of their vogue, the draperies acquired greater significance in the general effect; and the impression of agitation was accentuated by exaggerated flutters of wide-flung expanses of carved stuffs.

ref: 1924, George Henry Chase, Chandler Rathfon Post, A History of Sculpture, page 372:

text: The flutters of drapery falling from the arms of the two angels in the upper compartment of the ivory, recall those falling from the right-hand arm of the elder to the left in Houvet's Plate 50.

ref: 1923, Arthur Kingsley Porter, Romanesque Sculpture of the Pilgrimage Roads, volume 1, Marshall Jones Company, page 163:

text: You will see as vivacious and bright a flutter of femininity as ever at Maskey's, or at the Peacock or the Golden Pheasant in the old days

glosses: One or more objects or phenomena that flutter, that move as if fluttering, that appear to be fluttering or that cause fluttering; something fluttery.

text: In such an atmosphere the harbor was flecked with brilliantly decked craft of every description, all in a flutter of flags and carrying a host of passengers in gala dress.

ref: 1918, The United States in a Chaotic World, volume 30, page 23:

text: Sally at last appeared, all in a flutter of ribbons and scarfs, whose bright, high colors assorted well with the ultramarine blue of her dress, and the vivid pomegranate hue of her cheeks.

ref: 1861, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Pearl of Orr's Island:

text: In a flutter of cloth and feathers, Trini quickly changes into her bird and takes to the sky disappearing into the forest.

ref: 2025, Barbara Baumhoer, Andrew Baumhoer, Magic and Moonlight, Gatekeeper Press:

glosses: A state of being amid or decorated in items that flutter.

text: A flutter of snow covered the landscape in a thin layer of white.

text: A light flutter of snow fell , and I glanced into the silvery sky, letting the flakes fall on my face.

ref: 2024, Yasmine Galenorn, A Dream of Snow:

text: Those who were nearest saw her head drop suddenly, as she choked upon her bosom; and then the cords burning through and through, the whole lifeless body tumbled forward into the embers, causing a considerable flutter of dust and smoke; and when it cleared away, there was nothing to be seen but a confused heap of ashes and dying embers.

ref: 1827, Thomas Hood, The exile. The owl. The German knight. The Florentine kinsmen. The carrier's wife. The two faithful lovers of Sicily. The Venetan countess. A tale of the harem. The chestnut tree. The fair maid of Ludgate. The three brothers, page 123:

glosses: A flurry of snow, smoke, dust, etc., or a light rain shower, or another phenomenon experientially similar to a light burst of rain or snow.

text: The flag was hanging limp all day, until a flutter made it stand up and ripple for a few seconds.

text: little flutters of breeze shook the white hats of the daisies

ref: 1878, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives, page 199:

text: A flutter of air teased the back of Dakota's neck

ref: 2025, Joslyn Chase, A Band of Scheming Women:

text: The air breaks into flutters low and sweet,/Smooth as the liquid passage of the bird;/And as the ocean-murmur

ref: 1892, “Music”, in Yale Literary Magazine, number 508, page 296:

glosses: A breeze or wind that might cause an item to flutter.

text: The flutter of that gown is characteristic of the designer's style. Its flutter means it looks best in a light breeze.

raw_glosses: One or more objects or phenomena that flutter, that move as if fluttering, that appear to be fluttering or that cause fluttering; something fluttery.

raw_glosses: (clothing) The flow and feel of a garment or outfit, particularly a woman's dress or gown, which moves or appears likely to move in a graceful and airy manner when worn, especially in a light breeze.

text: On this gown, flutters of red on the shoulders and arms provide visual interest.

text: A Worth taffeta model in the approved bunched, draped, and long-in-places style has flutters of lace set in the skirt.

ref: 1928, Parinite, edited by David Remnick, Harold Wallace Ross, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, Rea Irvin, Roger Angell, Tina Brown, William Shawn, The New Yorker, volume 4, number 15, page 66:

text: Her flutter--pale disconcerted ghost as she actually was, a broken white flower tied round, almost grotesquely for his present sense, with a huge satin "bow" of the Boulevard--her flutter had been mainly that of ribbons, frills and fine fabrics; all funny, pathetic evidence, for memory, of the bewilderments overtaking them as a bridal pair confronted with opportunity.

ref: 1904, Henry James, The Golden Bowl, page 99:

text: he found himself enveloped in a frothy abundance of frills and fal-lals, lace at the wrists, lace round the neck, with flutters of ribbon here and there.

ref: 1914, Ernest Scott, The Life of Captain Matthew:

raw_glosses: (dated) A feature of clothing (often lace) intended to flutter, such as flaps, straps, trim, etc.

glosses: A feature of clothing (often lace) intended to flutter, such as flaps, straps, trim, etc.

text: The flutter that passed us by was made up of monarch butterflies.

text: Instantly a great flutter of butterflies of all sizes and colors lifted in spangled clouds about them.

ref: 1918, Patrick Casey, Terence Casey, The Wolf-cub: A Novel of Spain, page 91:

text: Gay as a flutter of butterflies and light as a zephyr, these dainty fabrics instantly suggest a wardrobe of sheer delight.

ref: 1901, Country Life, volume 40, number July, page 2:

text: Since this cowl released a flutter of moths and parted at the shoulder as he was getting into it, he decided that it must be his own.

ref: 1954, Hubert Van Zeller, Downside By and Large, page 277:

raw_glosses: (collective) A group of butterflies or moths.

text: The flutter in that gauge-cock makes it hard to see what the correct water level is.

text: If such was the case and a hole drilled through the brace in the boiler, it might become stopped up opposite the gauge cock and the steam would leak down between the boiler head and the brace on the inside, which would perhaps cause a flutter of steam and water to show at the gauge cock when open.

ref: 1907, W. G. Wallace, Locomotive Breakdown Questions, F.J. Drake & Company, page 87:

text: Priming may easily be detected by the motion of the water in the glass water gauge, or by the "flutter" of the gauge cocks when opened.

ref: 1880, William Miller Barr, Handbook for Steam Engineers and Owners: Being a Practical Guide to the Selection and Care of Steam Machinery, J.H. Kerrick & Company, page 119:

text: To use a phrase employed by practical men, the priming or foaming of the boiler may be known by the "flutter" of the gauge cocks.

ref: 1874, Railroad Gazette, volume 6, page 352:

raw_glosses: (historical, engineering) A combination of steam and water visible at the top gauge cock of a steam-boiler.

glosses: A combination of steam and water visible at the top gauge cock of a steam-boiler.

text: The nuns prayed on the matter daily, sending flutters of devotion to the heavens.

text: Everywhere he saw flutters of war and knew the rumors of peace were mere idle talk.

text: Little paper birds are flying out of Neil A. Armstrong Middle School in Bristol Township, and each one brings another small flutter of help for the devastated people of Japan.

text: As he walked toward the mall he saw flutters of spring everywhere.

ref: 2013, Charles Finch, An Old Betrayal, St. Martin's Publishing Group, page 57:

text: without the slightest flutter of malice in her round face.

ref: 2015, Catherynne M. Valente, The Boy Who Lost Fairyland, Feiwel & Friends, page 215:

text: After she told her parents about her grandfather's actions, their small flutter of support was followed by her mother's claim that she had made it all up.

ref: 2000, Norma Jean Profitt, Women Survivors, Psychological Trauma, and the Politics of Resistance, Taylor & Francis, page 99:

text: Then we are. We open up the marquee. There is a flutter of business… but only a flutter because the field is virtually empty – the queues have all gone. Then we realise: England are playing and everyone is watching the match on the Pyramid Stage. We hear a roar and horns and whistles; England have scored.

ref: 2010 June 29, Glastonbury.co.uk, Trader Tales:

glosses: A small amount or a small sign of something.

text: Amid the flutters of sunshine drifting through the dense canopy, I spotted my target.

text: Here on the painting we see flutters of blue, suggesting the sky beyond.

text: Aside from a few stray flutters of laughter, the audience was silent.

text: With flutters of white showing in his big blue-gray wings, he dropped from twig to twig

ref: 1840, Patten Beard, “Peter of the Wild Rose-Tree”, in St. nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls, volume 41, part 2:

text: High up hover a few flutters of rosy creamy cloud.

ref: 1914, John Graver Johnson, Bernard Berenson, Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings and Some Art Objects, volume 3:

text: His eye was alerted by a flutter of white seen through the snarl of branches between his stump and the Mere, and on looking more closely was surprised to see Mary sitting about a hundred yards below him on a mossy log, opposite the islet.

ref: 1966, R. F. Delderfield, A Horseman Riding By, Open Road Media:

glosses: A fragment or flash of a color or of light or sound.

text: I asked around and heard nothing concrete, just flutters of accusations of bad behavior.

text: Despite the lack of written records, we have dredged up a few flutters of information about that era of history.

text: Polls are scarce on this subject, so this one flutter of data may be all we have to make our decision.

text: she had heard stories about him, flutters of talk through open doors.

ref: 2025, Megan Hunter, Days of Light, Grove Atlantic:

text: flutters of information on the subject.

ref: 1910, New Zealand House of Representatives, Appendix to the Journal of the House of the Representatives, New Zealand, page 5:

text: Yet in that February there were still some flutters of song, one of which was, Hey for the Lass wi' a Tocher, written in answer to Thomson's beseeching inquiry if he was never to hear from him again.

ref: 1901, John Morley, editor, English Men of Letters, volume 30:

text: In a number of other towns there are flutters of town planning interest which ought to be utilized by the city councils and translated into programs, but city councils generally do not seem to be alive to the importance of the movement.

ref: 1930, Journal of the Town Planning Institute of Canada, volumes 8-9, Town Planning Institute of Canada, page 24:

raw_glosses: A small amount or a small sign of something.

raw_glosses: (figurative) A scrap or fragment of, e.g., rumors, history, sentiment, etc.

glosses: A scrap or fragment of, e.g., rumors, history, sentiment, etc.

en-noun

expansion: flutter (countable and uncountable, plural flutters)

cog

expansion: West Frisian flodderje (“to flutter, beat”)


alarmed

links: alarm alarm#English

glosses: simple past and past participle of alarm

pos: verb

head

en

verb form

expansion: alarmed

ipa: /əˈlɑɹmd/

ipa: /əˈlɑːmd/

rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)md


alarmed

text: This door is alarmed.

type: example

links: alarm alarm

raw_glosses: (not comparable) Having an alarm fitted.

text: I'm extremely alarmed about the army outside my house.

text: Thomas, the groom, in the act of drinking, put down the jug alarmed before his master. Thomas’s master felt the honour keenly.

ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC:

type: quotation

links: Worried worried

links: anxious anxious

links: panicky panicky

pos: adj

en-adj

more

expansion: alarmed (comparative more alarmed, superlative most alarmed)

forms:
more alarmed (comparative)
most alarmed (superlative)

alarmiert

code: de

sense: having an alarm fitted

alarmado

code: pt

senzorizat

code: ro

larmad

code: sv


engouffrer

text: Des pelletées de charbon et de bois furent engouffrées dans le foyer de sa chaudière, le feu se ranima, la pression monta de nouveau, et, vers deux heures après midi, la machine revenait en arrière vers la station de Kearney.

ref: 1873, Jules Verne, chapter 30, in Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours [Around the World in Eighty Days], Paris: J. Hetzel et Compagnie:

english: Shovelsfull of coal and wood were engulfed in the hearth of the boiler, the fire revived, pressure increased anew, and, at about two o'clock in the afternoon, the machine returned, backwards, to Fort Kearney.

links: engulf engulf

links:
swallow up
swallow up

links: gobble gobble

links: eat eat

text: Et tous les quatre qui trouvaient que le phénomène international du Palace, implanté à Balbec, y avait fait fleurir le luxe plus que la bonne cuisine, s'engouffraient dans une voiture, […]

ref: 1918, Marcel Proust, À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs [In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower] (À la recherche du temps perdu):

english: And then all four, because they found that the international phenomenon of the 'Palace,' planted on Balbec soil, had blossomed there in material splendour rather than in food that was fit to eat, bundled into a carriage […]

links: rush rush

links: dive dive

fr-verb

expansion: engouffrer

forms:
engouffrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
engouffrant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
engouffré (participle past)
engouffre (first-person indicative present singular)
engouffres (indicative present second-person singular)
engouffre (indicative present singular third-person)
engouffrons (first-person indicative plural present)
engouffrez (indicative plural present second-person)
engouffrent (indicative plural present third-person)
engouffrais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
engouffrais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
engouffrait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
engouffrions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
engouffriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
engouffraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
engouffrai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
engouffras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
engouffra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
engouffrâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
engouffrâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
engouffrèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
engouffrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
engouffreras (future indicative second-person singular)
engouffrera (future indicative singular third-person)
engouffrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
engouffrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
engouffreront (future indicative plural third-person)
engouffrerais (conditional first-person singular)
engouffrerais (conditional second-person singular)
engouffrerait (conditional singular third-person)
engouffrerions (conditional first-person plural)
engouffreriez (conditional plural second-person)
engouffreraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
engouffre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
engouffres (present second-person singular subjunctive)
engouffre (present singular subjunctive third-person)
engouffrions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
engouffriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
engouffrent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
engouffrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
engouffrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
engouffrât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
engouffrassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
engouffrassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
engouffrassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
engouffre (imperative second-person singular)
engouffrons (first-person imperative plural)
engouffrez (imperative plural second-person)

etymology_text: Derived from en- + gouffre + -er.

af

fr

en-

gouffre

expansion: en- + gouffre + -er

audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-engouffrer.wav

note: Somain


meddling

text: It had been well, if these dishonest meddlings with existing books had stopped here.

ref: 1835, William Osburn, Doctrinal Errors of the Apostolical and Early Fathers, page 30:

links: unwanted unwanted

links: interference interference

text: I learned more about it than most people because triffids were my job, and the firm I worked for was intimately, if not very gracefully, concerned in their public appearance. Nevertheless, their true origin still remains obscure. My own belief, for what that is worth, is that they were the outcome of a series of ingenious biological meddlings - and very likely accidental, at that.

ref: 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 27:

pos: noun

en-noun

expansion: meddling (countable and uncountable, plural meddlings)

forms: meddlings (plural)


meddling

links: meddle meddle#English

head

expansion: meddling


daylight saving time

text: 2005: answers.firstgov.gov -- Daylight Saving Time is a change in the standard time of each time zone. ... The American law by which we turn our clock forward in the spring and back in the fall is known as the Uniform Time Act of 1966. The law does not require that anyone observe Daylight Saving Time; all the law requires is that if we are going to observe Daylight Saving Time, it must be done uniformly. http://answers.firstgov.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=6880

links: practice practice

links: place place

links: adjust adjust

links: clock clock

links: hour hour

links: adjustment adjustment

links: cause cause

links: time time

links: coincide coincide

links: period period

links: illumination illumination

links: sun sun

links: course course

glosses: The practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.

en-noun

expansion: daylight saving time (countable and uncountable, plural daylight saving times)

forms:
daylight saving times (plural)
daylight-saving time (alternative)
daylight savings time (alternative)
daylight saving (alternative)
daylight savings (alternative)
daylight time (alternative)

ля́тно вре́ме

code: bg

sense: an adjustment of the official time during summer

roman: ljátno vréme

horari d'estiu

code: ca

夏時制 /夏时制

code: cmn

roman: xiàshízhì

夏令時 /夏令时

roman: xiàlìngshí

letní čas

code: cs

sommertid

code: da

zomertijd

code: nl

kesäaika

code: fi

heure d’été

code: fr

horario de verán

code: gl

θερινή ώρα

code: el

roman: theriní óra

שְׁעוֹן קַיִץ

code: he

roman: sh'on qáyitz

nyári időszámítás

code: hu

waktu musim panas

code: id

am sanhraidh

code: ga

ora legale

code: it

夏時間

code: ja

alt: なつじかん

roman: natsujikan

サマータイム

roman: samātaimu

일광 절약 시간

code: ko

roman: ilgwang jeoryak sigan

alt: 日光節約時間制

hora aestiva

code: la

code: nv

word: náʼoolkiłí tʼááłáʼí ahééʼílkid bee náás ninádajiiłkeed

sommertid

code: nb

czas letni

code: pl

ле́тнее вре́мя

code: ru

roman: létneje vrémja

horario de verano

code: es

เวลาออมแสง

code: th

amser haf

code: cy


erratique

links: erratic erratic#English

en-adj

expansion: erratique (comparative more erratique, superlative most erratique)

forms:
more erratique (comparative)
most erratique (superlative)


erratique

links: erratic erratic

links: irregular irregular

links: intermittent intermittent

fr-adj

expansion: erratique (plural erratiques)

forms: erratiques (plural)

etymology_text: Inherited from Old French erratique, borrowed from Latin erraticus.

yesno

i

I

expansion: I

glossary

Inherited

expansion: Inherited

inh

fro

erratique

expansion: Old French erratique

inh+

expansion: Inherited from Old French erratique

bor

la

erraticus

expansion: Latin erraticus

audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-erratique.wav

note: Shawinigan


erratique

text: fievre erratique

ref: 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 162 of this essay:

english: intermittent fever

translation: intermittent fever

head

fro

adjective

g: m

erratique

expansion: erratique m (oblique and nominative feminine singular erratique)

fro-adj

mf

forms: erratique (feminine nominative oblique singular)

etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin erraticus.


être dans les transes

links:
shaking in one's boots
shaking in one's boots

links: afraid afraid

glosses: to be shaking in one's boots; to be very afraid

fr-verb

head: être dans les transes

expansion: être dans les transes

ipa: /ɛ.tʁə dɑ̃ le tʁɑ̃z/

ipa: /e.tʁə dɑ̃ le tʁɑ̃z/


vomir

links: vomit vomit

expansion: vomir

forms:
vomir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
vomissant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
vomi (participle past)
vomis (first-person indicative present singular)
vomis (indicative present second-person singular)
vomit (indicative present singular third-person)
vomissons (first-person indicative plural present)
vomissez (indicative plural present second-person)
vomissent (indicative plural present third-person)
vomissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
vomissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
vomissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
vomissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vomissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
vomissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
vomis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
vomis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
vomit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
vomîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
vomîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
vomirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
vomirai (first-person future indicative singular)
vomiras (future indicative second-person singular)
vomira (future indicative singular third-person)
vomirons (first-person future indicative plural)
vomirez (future indicative plural second-person)
vomiront (future indicative plural third-person)
vomirais (conditional first-person singular)
vomirais (conditional second-person singular)
vomirait (conditional singular third-person)
vomirions (conditional first-person plural)
vomiriez (conditional plural second-person)
vomiraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
vomisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
vomisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
vomisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
vomissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vomissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
vomissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
vomisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
vomisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
vomît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
vomissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
vomissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
vomissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
vomis (imperative second-person singular)
vomissons (first-person imperative plural)
vomissez (imperative plural second-person)

etymology_text: Inherited from Old French vomir, from Vulgar Latin *vomīre, from Latin vomere.

inh

vomir

expansion: Old French vomir

inh+

expansion: Inherited from Old French vomir

inh

la-vul

*vomīre

expansion: Vulgar Latin *vomīre

vomō

vomere

expansion: Latin vomere

audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-vomir.wav

audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-vomir.wav

audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-vomir.wav

audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-vomir.wav

audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Opsylac-vomir.wav

note: Grenoble

audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-vomir.wav

audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-T. Le Berre-vomir.wav

note: Hérault

audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-vomir.wav

audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-X-Javier-vomir.wav

note: Massy


vomir

head

verb

forms:
vomir (infinitive)
avoir vomi (infinitive multiword-construction)
en vomissant (gerund)
gerund of avoir + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
vomissant (participle present)
vomi (participle past)
vomis (first-person indicative present singular)
vomis (indicative present second-person singular)
vomist (indicative present singular third-person)
vomissons (first-person indicative plural present)
vomissez (indicative plural present second-person)
vomissent (indicative plural present third-person)
vomissoie (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
vomisseie (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
vomissoies (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
vomisseies (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
vomissoit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
vomisseit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
vomissiiens (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vomissiens (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vomissiiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
vomissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
vomissoient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
vomisseient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
vomi (first-person indicative preterite singular)
vomis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
vomi (indicative preterite singular third-person)
vomimes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
vomistes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
vomirent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
vomirai (first-person future indicative singular)
vomiras (future indicative second-person singular)
vomira (future indicative singular third-person)
vomirons (first-person future indicative plural)
vomiroiz (future indicative plural second-person)
vomireiz (future indicative plural second-person)
vomirez (future indicative plural second-person)
vomiront (future indicative plural third-person)
vomiroie (conditional first-person singular)
vomireie (conditional first-person singular)
vomiroies (conditional second-person singular)
vomireies (conditional second-person singular)
vomiroit (conditional singular third-person)
vomireit (conditional singular third-person)
vomiriiens (conditional first-person plural)
vomiriens (conditional first-person plural)
vomiriiez (conditional plural second-person)
vomiriez (conditional plural second-person)
vomiroient (conditional plural third-person)
vomireient (conditional plural third-person)
future tense of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
vomisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
vomisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
vomisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
vomissons (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vomissez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
vomissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
vomisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
vomisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
vomist (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
vomissons (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
vomissiens (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
vomissoiz (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
vomissez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
vomissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
vomissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
vomis (imperative second-person singular)
vomissons (first-person imperative plural)
vomissez (imperative plural second-person)

etymology_text: From Vulgar Latin *vomīre, from Latin vomere.


daylight savings time

links:
daylight saving time
daylight saving time#English

glosses: Alternative form of daylight saving time.

en-noun

expansion: daylight savings time (plural daylight savings times)

forms: daylight savings times (plural)


daylight-saving time

head: daylight-saving time

expansion: daylight-saving time (countable and uncountable, plural daylight-saving times)

forms: daylight-saving times (plural)


Daylight Saving Time

glosses: Alternative letter-case form of daylight saving time.

head: Daylight Saving Time

expansion: Daylight Saving Time (uncountable)


régie

links: administration administration

links: commission commission

links: state state

links: management management

links:
excise tax
excise tax

fr-noun

f

expansion: régie f (plural régies)

forms: régies (plural)

etymology_text: From régir.


XXV

links:
Roman numeral
Roman numeral#English

links: twenty-five twenty-five

glosses: A Roman numeral representing the number twenty-five (25).

pos: num

head

mul

numeral symbol

sc: Latn

expansion: XXV

XXIV

sense: Previous

english: twenty-four, 24

translation: twenty-four, 24

XXVI

sense: Next

english: twenty-six, 26

translation: twenty-six, 26

XXVth

raw_tags: reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes

etymology_text: Compound of the following Roman numerals: XX (“20”) + V (“5”).

compound

XX

V

forms: xxv (alternative)


XXVI

links: twenty-six twenty-six

glosses: A Roman numeral representing the number twenty-six (26).

head

expansion: XXVI

XXV

english: twenty-five, 25

translation: twenty-five, 25

XXVII

english: twenty-seven, 27

translation: twenty-seven, 27

etymology_text: Compound of the following Roman numerals: XX (“20”) + VI (“6”).

VI

expansion: XX (“20”) + VI (“6”)

forms:
xxvi (alternative)
xxvj (alternative)


XXVII

links: twenty-seven twenty-seven

glosses: A Roman numeral representing the number twenty-seven (27).

expansion: XXVII

XXVIII

english: twenty-eight, 28

translation: twenty-eight, 28

etymology_text: Compound of the following Roman numerals: XX (“20”) + VII (“7”).

compound

VII

expansion: XX (“20”) + VII (“7”)

forms:
xxvii (alternative)
xxvij (alternative)


XXVIII

links: twenty-eight twenty-eight

glosses: A Roman numeral representing the number twenty-eight (28).

head

expansion: XXVIII

XXIX

english: twenty-nine, 29

translation: twenty-nine, 29

etymology_text: Compound of the following Roman numerals: XX (“20”) + VIII (“8”).

VIII

expansion: XX (“20”) + VIII (“8”)

forms:
xxviii (alternative)
xxviij (alternative)


XXIX

links: twenty-nine twenty-nine

glosses: A Roman numeral representing the number twenty-nine (29).

expansion: XXIX

XXX

english: thirty, 30

translation: thirty, 30

etymology_text: Compound of the following Roman numerals: XX (“20”) + IX (“9”).

compound

IX

expansion: XX (“20”) + IX (“9”)

forms: xxix (alternative)


嘗試錯誤

links:
trial and error
trial and error

head

zh

noun

expansion: 嘗試錯誤

zh_pron: chángshì cuòwù

zh_pron: ㄔㄤˊ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄨˋ

zh_pron: ㄔㄤˊ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄨˋ

zh_pron: chángshìh cuòwù

zh_pron: chʻang²-shih⁴ tsʻo⁴-wu⁴

zh_pron: cháng-shr̀ tswò-wù

zh_pron: charngshyh tsuohwuh

zh_pron: чанши цо’у

roman: čanši co’u

ipa: /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/

forms: 尝试错误 (Simplified-Chinese)


Sänger

text: 1842, F. S. Gassner (ed.), Zeitschrift für Deutschlands Musikvereine und Dilettanten. Zweiter Band, Carlsruhe (now Karlsruhe), p.13

english: Most singers, of both genders, pronounce the words in such a way, that one often cannot recognise in which language they are singing!

roman: Die meisten Sänger beiderlei Geschlechts sprechen aber die Worte so aus, dass man oft nicht zu erkennen vermag, in welcher Sprache sie singen!

text:
2014 (6th-8th november), Bernd Riedel, Herausforderung für die Sänger, Hannoversche Allgemeine
Herausforderung für die Sänger [...] Zurzeit hat der Kammerchor 35 Sängerinnen und Sänger. Für das neue Projekt werden weitere gesucht. „Mein Traum wäre es, wenn wir 48 Sänger zusammenbekommen“, sagt Lehmann.

english: (please add an English translation of this quotation)

links: singen singen#German

links: singer singer

glosses: agent noun of singen; singer (person who sings, often regularly or professionally)

singen

raw_glosses: (specifically) singer (male or unspecified)

de-noun

m

dim: chen,lein

f: in

expansion: Sänger m (strong, genitive Sängers, plural Sänger, diminutive Sängerchen n or Sängerlein n, feminine Sängerin)

forms:
Sängers (genitive)
Sänger (plural)
Sängerchen (diminutive neuter)
Sängerlein (diminutive neuter)
Sängerin (feminine)
Sänger (nominative singular)
Sänger (definite nominative plural)
Sängers (genitive singular)
Sänger (definite genitive plural)
Sänger (dative singular)
Sängern (dative definite plural)
Sänger (accusative singular)
Sänger (accusative definite plural)

etymology_text: Inherited from Middle High German senger, from Old High German sangāri; Sang + -er.

yesno

expansion: I

glossary

expansion: Inherited

inh

de

gmh

senger

expansion: Middle High German senger

inh

goh

sangāri

expansion: Old High German sangāri

suf

Sang

er

expansion: Sang + -er

note: most of Germany

ipa: /ˈzɛŋɐ/

note: some of southern Germany and Austria

ipa: /ˈsɛŋɐ/

note: Switzerland, some of Bavaria and Austria

ipa: /ˈsɛŋər/

parts: Sän ger


Sänger

links: surname surname

pos: name

de-proper noun

surname

expansion: Sänger m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Sängers or (with an article) Sänger, feminine genitive Sänger, plural Sängers or Sänger)

forms:
Sängers (genitive masculine)
Sänger (genitive masculine)
Sänger (feminine genitive)
Sängers (plural)
Sänger (plural)

inh+

expansion: Inherited from Middle High German senger


bugaboo

text: At any rate you must all be ready now to judge the religious life by its results exclusively, and I shall assume that the bugaboo of morbid origin will scandalize your piety no more.

ref: 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:

text: “Oh! Of all the intolerable bugaboos. Gentlemen, this is a family discu-- Oh!”

ref: 2006 August 6, Jackson Publick, “Twenty Years to Midnight” (17:35 from the start), in The Venture Bros., season 2, episode 5, spoken by Professor Impossible (Stephen Colbert):

text: Rather, our discussion of inference is devoted mostly to the finite-sample bugaboos that should bother practitioners.

ref: 2009, Joshua D. Angrist, Jörg-Steffen Pischke, Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion, Princeton University Press, page xiii:

text: “Uh, Celeste? Sorry to bug. You said you were gonna start making us vampires, quote, "Hopefully within the week." And that was last week.” “Is someone talking to me right now?” “That's actually true. You did say that. And I don't want to be a bugaboo.” “Bugaboo?” “But you know what it's like for us.” “What is this, an ambush?” “Sort of, like, a timeline would mean a l-lot.” “Okay.”

ref: 2020 May 27, Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil, “Collaboration” (17:32 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 2, episode 8, spoken by Guillermo de la Cruz (Harvey Guillén):

text: A notable recent example comes via Tyler Oliveira, a YouTuber who rose to fame with stunts like trying to absorb a swimming pool’s worth of water with paper towels before pivoting to “documentaries” that often purport to expose conservative bugaboos — and who has filmed two recent videos focused on Jews.

ref: 2026 February 25, Arno Rosenfeld, “After Minneapolis, a YouTuber comes for Jewish ‘welfare queens’”, in The Forward, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2026:

links: bug-a-boo bug-a-boo#English

en-noun

expansion: bugaboo (plural bugaboos)

forms: bugaboos (plural)

ipa: /ˈbʌɡəbuː/


iambic pentameter

text: Yet he didn't recommend Wilson, even though she has undertaken to capture the poem's aural grandeur by rendering it as iambic pentameter. (Nothing signals canonical like employing Shakespeare's favourite meter.)

ref: 2023 October 21, Kate Maltby, “Brute force”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:

links: poetic poetic

links: meter meter

links: lines line

links: iambic iambic

links: feet feet

links: dominant dominant

glosses: A poetic meter consisting of lines with five iambic feet each, meaning the even syllables are dominant.

expansion: iambic pentameter (countable and uncountable, plural iambic pentameters)

forms: iambic pentameters (plural)

抑揚格五音步詩 /抑扬格五音步诗

code: cmn

sense: a poetic meter

roman: yìyánggé wǔyīnbù shī

kvinjambo

code: eo

jambinen pentametri

code: fi

pentamètre iambique

code: fr

jambischer Fünfheber

code: de

pentâmetro iâmbico

code: pt

pentametru iambic

code: ro

jambisk pentameter

code: sv

beşli ölçü

code: tr

ipa: /aɪˈæmbɪk pɛnˈtæmɪtə(ɹ)/


ιδιοκτησία

links: ownership ownership

text: Η ιδιοκτησία είναι κλοπή.

roman: I idioktisía eínai klopí.

translation: Property is theft.

english: Property is theft.

links: property property

head

el

nouns

g: f

plural

ιδιοκτησίες

expansion: ιδιοκτησία • (idioktisía) f (plural ιδιοκτησίες)

el-noun

ιδιοκτησίες

forms:
idioktisía (romanization)
ιδιοκτησίες (plural)
ιδιοκτησία (nominative singular)
ιδιοκτησίες (nominative plural)
ιδιοκτησίας (genitive singular)
ιδιοκτησιών (genitive plural)
ιδιοκτησία (accusative singular)
ιδιοκτησίες (accusative plural)
ιδιοκτησία (singular vocative)
ιδιοκτησίες (plural vocative)

el-decl-noun

ιδιοκτησία

ιδιοκτησίας

ιδιοκτησιών

ιδιοκτησία

ιδιοκτησία

ιδιοκτησίες

ιδιοκτησιακός

roman: idioktisiakós

ιδιοκτήτης

roman: idioktítis

ιδιόκτητος

roman: idióktitos

etymology_text: Learned formation from ιδιο- (idio-) + -κτησία (-ktēsía), formed as a calque of German Eigenbesitz.

calque

de

Eigenbesitz

expansion: calque of German Eigenbesitz


hypabyssal

links: geology geology

links: solidifies solidifies

links: intrusion intrusion

links: Earth Earth

links: surface surface

raw_glosses: (geology, of rock) that solidifies, as a minor intrusion, before reaching the Earth's surface

en-adj

expansion: hypabyssal (not comparable)

etymology_text: From hyp- + abyssal.

ety

:af

hyp-

abyssal

expansion: From hyp- + abyssal.


grapheme

text: For instance, it is convenient to refer to a single Chinese character as being a grapheme in some contexts.

ref: 2000, Richard Sproat, A Computational Theory of Writing Systems, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 28:

links:
writing system
writing system

links: letters letters

links: alphabet alphabet

links: jamo jamo

links: hangul hangul

glosses: A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean hangul.

text: Even so, it's important for Unicode-friendly applications to deal with text in their user interfaces as a series of graphemes and not as a series of Unicode code points […]

ref: 2003, Richard Gillam, chapter 4, in Unicode Demystified: A Practical Programmer's Guide to the Encoding Standard, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 118:

links:
code point
code point

raw_glosses: (Unicode) A sequence of one or more code points that are processed and displayed as a single graphical unit of a writing system.

qualifier: Unicode

text: The term for a letter or combination of letters which represents a particular sound is a “grapheme”. Languages like Italian and Serbo-Croatian have very simple “grapheme–phoneme conversion” rules.

ref: [1987, David Caplan, Neurolinguistics and Linguistic Aphasiology: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 234:

text: In terms of specific graphemes, Table 2.5 identifies the most frequent inconsistent phoneme-to-grapheme patterns.

ref: 2019, Flavia Belpoliti, Encarna Bermejo, Spanish Heritage Learners' Emerging Literacy: Empirical Research and Classroom Practice, Routledge, →ISBN:

links: linguistics linguistics

links: phoneme phoneme

raw_glosses: (linguistics) In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme.

en-noun

expansion: grapheme (plural graphemes)

forms: graphemes (plural)

գրույթ

code: hy

sense: fundamental unit of a writing system

roman: gruytʻ

grafema

code: ast

aksarabaga

code: ban

графе́ма

code: be

roman: hrafjéma

графе́ма

code: bg

roman: graféma

grafema

code: ca

字素

roman: zìsù

字位

roman: zìwèi

grafém

code: cs

grafeem

code: nl

grafema

code: gl

გრაფემა

code: ka

roman: grapema

γράφημα

code: el

roman: gráfima

גְּרָפֶמָה

code: he

graféma

code: hu

grafema

code: it

書記素

code: ja

alt: しょきそ

roman: shokiso

字素

alt: じそ

roman: jiso

文字素

alt: もじそ

roman: mojiso

図形素

alt: ずけいそ

roman: zukeiso

графема

code: kk

roman: grafema

자소

code: ko

roman: jaso

문자소

roman: munjaso

서기소

roman: seogiso

графема

code: mk

grafem

code: ms

orotuhi

code: mi

etymology_text: From Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “write”) + -eme. Doublet of -gram.


revealing

text: Lest anyone on the left think that Tucker [Carlson] and his friends are potential anti-capitalist allies, their specific objections to corporate capitalism are revealing. To them, the real issue is not labor exploitation, but rather the “corporate alliance with the progressive left.”

ref: 2019 July 24, David Austin Walsh, “Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish Currents:

text: a revealing analysis

links: Informative informative#English

links: information information

text: Her shirt is rather revealing.

links: clothing clothing#Noun

raw_glosses: (of clothing) Allowing more than is usual to be seen.

en-adj

expansion: revealing (comparative more revealing, superlative most revealing)

forms:
more revealing (comparative)
most revealing (superlative)

會走光 /会走光

code: cmn

sense: of clothing

roman: huì zǒuguāng

paljastava

code: fi

gewagt

code: de

αποκαλυπτικός

roman: apokalyptikós

открове́нный

code: ru

roman: otkrovénnyj

etymology_text: From Middle English reveling; equivalent to reveal + -ing.

inh

enm

reveling

expansion: Middle English reveling

af

reveal

-ing

expansion: reveal + -ing

ipa: /ɹɪˈviːlɪŋ/

ipa: /ɹəˈviːlɪŋ/

ipa: /ɹɪˈvilɪŋ/

ipa: /ɹəˈvilɪŋ/

rhymes: -iːlɪŋ

parts: re veal ing


revealing

links: reveal reveal#English

head

verb form

expansion: revealing


revealing

text: It became clear that we were witnessing a great revealing of secrets.

text: In these letters, and the remembered conversations, we have fuller revealings of the inner man, greater depth of discovery into that vast and labyrinthine mind[…]

ref: 1836, William Tait, Mrs. Christian Isobel Johnstone, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 113:

text: She paused a moment; while vaguely to his secret self Pierre revolved these strange revealings; but now he was all attention again as Isabel resumed.

ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:

links: revealing reveal#Verb

links: revealed revealed

glosses: An act of revealing; the process of revealing; something revealed.

en-noun

expansion: revealing (plural revealings)

forms: revealings (plural)


companies

links: company company#English

links: companie companie#English

head

noun form

expansion: companies

ipa: /ˈkʌmpəniz/

ipa: /ˈkʌmp(ə)niz/

parts: com pa nies


companies

glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of company


retained

links: retain retain#English

glosses: simple past and past participle of retain

expansion: retained

ipa: /ɹɪˈteɪnd/

rhymes: -eɪnd

parts: re tained


diseased

links: disease disease

glosses: Affected with or suffering from disease.

en-adj

expansion: diseased (comparative more diseased, superlative most diseased)

forms:
more diseased (comparative)
most diseased (superlative)

sëmurë

code: sq

sense: affected with of suffering from disease

مريض

code: ar

հիվանդ

code: hy

roman: hivand

болен

code: bg

roman: bolen

заболял

roman: zaboljal

malade

code: fr

νοσηρός

code: grc

roman: nosērós

sakit

code: id

aicídeach

code: ga

aeger

code: la

ādliġ

code: ang

больно́й

roman: bolʹnój

sjuk

code: sv

tekiññe

code: txb

etymology_text: * disease + -ed

suffix

disease

ed

expansion: disease + -ed

ipa: /dɪˈziːzd/

ipa: /dɪˈzizd/

rhymes: -iːzd


diseased

links: disease disease#English

glosses: simple past and past participle of disease

head

expansion: diseased


fascinating

text: utterly fascinating

text: find something fascinating

text: truly fascinating

text: The documentary was absolutely fascinating.

text: He told a fascinating story about his travels.

links: interest interest

links: captivating captivating

links: attractive attractive

glosses: Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.

en-adj

expansion: fascinating (comparative more fascinating, superlative most fascinating)

forms:
more fascinating (comparative)
most fascinating (superlative)

liluragarri

code: eu

sense: having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive

очарова́телен

roman: očarovátelen

fascinador

code: ca

迷人的

roman: mírén de

okouzlující

code: cs

fascinerende

code: da

fascina

code: eo

συναρπαστικός

code: el

roman: synarpastikós

चित्ताकर्षक

code: hi

roman: cittākarṣak

érdekes

code: hu

suggestivo

code: it

魅力的な

code: ja

alt: みりょくてきな

roman: miryokuteki na

menakjubkan

code: ms

ആകർഷകമായ

code: ml

roman: ākaṟṣakamāya

manarū

code: mi

arcyciekawy

code: pl

fascinante

code: pt

fascinant

code: ro

очарова́тельный

roman: očarovátelʹnyj

обворожи́тельный

roman: obvorožítelʹnyj

плени́тельный

roman: plenítelʹnyj

मनोहर

code: sa

roman: manohara

fascinante

code: es

ipa: /ˈfæsɪˌneɪtɪŋ/


fascinating

links: fascinate fascinate#English

glosses: present participle and gerund of fascinate

head

expansion: fascinating

ipa: /ˈfæsɪˌneɪtɪŋ/


numbered

links: number number#English

glosses: simple past and past participle of number

expansion: numbered

enpr: nŭmʹbərd

ipa: /ˈnʌmbɚd/

ipa: /ˈnʌmbəd/

parts: num bered


numbered

links: number number

text: Our days on earth are numbered.

links: limited limited


powered

text: Around the same time, TCRT experimented with removing the motors on one of its older cars, turning it into an unpowered trailer that could be towed behind a powered car.

ref: 2007, John W. Diers, Aaron Isaacs, Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul, University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 145:

links: power power

raw_glosses: (of a device) Having its own source of power, or a named source.

en-adj

expansion: powered (not comparable)

angetrieben (pt-p.)

code: de

sense: powered (-powered)

-betrieben

note: as the second component, e.g., batteriebetrieben

note: mit Antrieb (postpositioned)

beslemeli

code: tr

note: tahrik edilen (postpositioned)

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-powered.wav


powered

links: power power#English

glosses: simple past and past participle of power

head

expansion: powered


pulling

links: pull pull#English

expansion: pulling

etymology_text: From Middle English *pullynge, equivalent to pull + -ing.

inh

*pullynge

expansion: Middle English *pullynge

af

pull

expansion: pull + -ing

ipa: /ˈpʊlɪŋ/

rhymes: -ʌlɪŋ


pulling

en-noun

expansion: pulling (plural pullings)

forms: pullings (plural)

etymology_text: From Middle English pulling, pullyng, pullynge, equivalent to pull + -ing.

inh

pulling

expansion: Middle English pulling


purchased

links: purchase purchase#English

glosses: simple past and past participle of purchase

head

expansion: purchased

ipa: /ˈpɝt͡ʃəst/

ipa: /ˈpɜːtʃəst/

parts: pur chased


questioning

text: I didn’t know much about medical supplies, so I took the list Docc handed me without much questioning.

ref: 2018, Megan DeVos, Anarchy, Orion, →ISBN:

links: ask ask

links: question question

links: survey survey

links: inquiry inquiry

glosses: The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.

links: challenging challenge

links: wonder wonder

links: doubt doubt

glosses: The act of challenging, wondering, and doubting.

text: The official Central News agency said a Nationalist patrol boat Dec. 28 captured six Communist spies disguised as fishermen as they approached within 1,000 yards of the Paichuan in a motorized fishing craft. They were taken to Matsu for questioning.

ref: 1955 December 31, “Chiang Says Time Near For Mainland Uprising”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Atlantic edition, volume 48, number 31, Boston, sourced from Associated Press, Taipei, Formosa, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 5:

links: Interrogation interrogation#English

en-noun

expansion: questioning (countable and uncountable, plural questionings)

forms: questionings (plural)

апыта́нне

code: be

sense: action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry

roman: apytánnje

до́пыт

roman: dópyt

ondervraging

code: nl

पूछताछ

roman: pūchtāch

ceistiú

code: ga

interrogacion

code: oc

опро́с

code: ru

roman: oprós

о́пит

code: uk

roman: ópyt

опи́тування

roman: opýtuvannja

etymology_text: From question + -ing (noun via Middle English questionyng).

suffix

question

expansion: question + -ing

inh

questionyng

expansion: Middle English questionyng

ipa: /ˈkwɛʃ.t͡ʃə.nɪŋ/

parts: ques tion ing


questioning

text: Why do you have a questioning look? Are you puzzled about something?

links: inquisitiveness inquisitiveness

links: quizzical quizzical

glosses: Characterized by questions, inquisitiveness, doubt, or wonder; quizzical.

text: We entertain the boy and it becomes more evident that his dad is trans and he is questioning; my coworker keeps frowning about it.

ref: 2020 February 4, “Transitioning To Some New Protocols”, in Not Always Right, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2021:

text: Girls broadly fared worse than boys, and there is “ongoing and extreme distress” among teens who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or questioning (LGBQ+).

ref: 2023 February 13, Deidre McPhillips, “Teens, especially girls, are experiencing more violence, suicidal thoughts and mental health challenges, CDC survey finds”, in CNN:

links: LGBTQ LGBTQ

links: Unsure unsure#English

links:
sexual orientation
sexual orientation

links:
gender identity
gender identity

raw_glosses: (LGBTQ) Unsure of one's sexual orientation or gender identity.

en-adj

-,more

expansion: questioning (not generally comparable, comparative more questioning, superlative most questioning)

forms:
more questioning (comparative)
most questioning (superlative)

ipa: /ˈkwɛʃ.t͡ʃə.nɪŋ/


questioning

links: question question#English

glosses: present participle and gerund of question

head

expansion: questioning

ipa: /ˈkwɛʃ.t͡ʃə.nɪŋ/


rejected

links: reject reject#English

glosses: simple past and past participle of reject

expansion: rejected

enpr: rĭjĕktʹĭd

ipa: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪd/

ipa: /ɹəˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪd/

parts: re ject ed


resigned

links: resignation resignation

links: acceptance acceptance

glosses: Characterized by resignation or acceptance.

adjective

expansion: resigned

استقال

code: ar

sense: accepting of a situation or one's lot

müti

code: az

примирен

code: bg

roman: primiren

покорен

roman: pokoren

pasrah

code: id

смири́вшийся

roman: smirívšijsja

rezignovaný

code: sk

ipa: /ɹɪˈzaɪnd/

rhymes: -aɪnd


resigned

links: resign resign#English

glosses: simple past and past participle of resign