FLUTTER (2)

flutter (2). Flutter, n. a motion, hurry, confusion, fright

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Flut″ter, n. 1. 1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan.
The chirp and flutter of some single bird Milnes. . 2. 2. Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder. Pope.
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.