From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the motion made by flapping up and down [syn: {flap}, {flapping}, {flutter}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "fluttering": aflicker, agitated, airborne, beating, bickering, birdies, blinking, blooping, blurping, bustling, clicking, dance, dancing, desultory, distortion, drumming, feedback, fidgety, flashing, flicker, flickering, flickering light, flickery, flicky, flitting, flutter, fluttery, flying, fretful, fussing, fussy, glancing light, gliding, guttering, hissing, hovering, howling, hum, jet-propelled, jumpy, lambency, lambent, light show, motorboating, palpitant, play, play of light, playing, pounding, quiver, quivering, quivery, restless, rocket-propelled, rumble, scratching, shredding, spattering, spluttering, sputtering, sputtery, squeals, staccato, static, stroboscopic, throbbing, thrumming, thumping, ticking, turbulent, unquiet, unsettled, unsteady, volant, volitant, wavering, wavery, whistles, winging, woomping, wow, wowwows
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