Usually means: Brief, rapid sensations or movements.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word flutters:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. flutters: Merriam-Webster
  2. flutters: Collins English Dictionary
  3. flutters: Vocabulary.com
  4. Flutters, flutters: Wordnik
  5. flutters: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. flutters: Wiktionary
  7. flutters: Dictionary.com
  8. flutters: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. flutters: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flutters: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flutters: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. flutters: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. flutters: Medical dictionary

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  1. flutters: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flutters: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (flutter)

verb:  (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
verb:  (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
verb:  (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
verb:  (transitive) To cause something to flap.
verb:  (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
verb:  (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To be frivolous.
verb:  (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
noun:  The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
noun:  A state of agitation.
noun:  An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (British) A small bet or risky investment.
noun:  A hasty game of cards or similar.
noun:  (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
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