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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Flutter \Flut"ter\, n.
1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion;
vibration; as, the flutter of a fan.
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The chirp and flutter of some single bird --Milnes.
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2. Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder.
--Pope.
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{Flutter wheel}, a water wheel placed below a fall or in a
chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the
floats; -- so called from the spattering, and the
fluttering noise it makes.
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