Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flutter
Participle: fluttered
Gerund: fluttering
Indicative
Present
| I | flutter |
| you | flutter |
| he;she;it | flutters |
| we | flutter |
| you | flutter |
| they | flutter |
Perfect
| I | have fluttered |
| you | have fluttered |
| he;she;it | has fluttered |
| we | have fluttered |
| you | have fluttered |
| they | have fluttered |
Past
| I | fluttered |
| you | fluttered |
| he;she;it | fluttered |
| we | fluttered |
| you | fluttered |
| they | fluttered |
Pluperfect
| I | had fluttered |
| you | had fluttered |
| he;she;it | had fluttered |
| we | had fluttered |
| you | had fluttered |
| they | had fluttered |
Future
| I | will flutter |
| you | will flutter |
| he;she;it | will flutter |
| we | will flutter |
| you | will flutter |
| they | will flutter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fluttered |
| you | will have fluttered |
| he;she;it | will have fluttered |
| we | will have fluttered |
| you | will have fluttered |
| they | will have fluttered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flutter |
| you | flutter |
| he;she;it | flutter |
| we | flutter |
| you | flutter |
| they | flutter |
Perfect
| I | have fluttered |
| you | have fluttered |
| he;she;it | have fluttered |
| we | have fluttered |
| you | have fluttered |
| they | have fluttered |
Imperfect
| I | fluttered |
| you | fluttered |
| he;she;it | fluttered |
| we | fluttered |
| you | fluttered |
| they | fluttered |
Pluperfect
| I | had fluttered |
| you | had fluttered |
| he;she;it | had fluttered |
| we | had fluttered |
| you | had fluttered |
| they | had fluttered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flutter |
| you | would flutter |
| he;she;it | would flutter |
| we | would flutter |
| you | would flutter |
| they | would flutter |
Perfect
| I | would have fluttered |
| you | would have fluttered |
| he;she;it | would have fluttered |
| we | would have fluttered |
| you | would have fluttered |
| they | would have fluttered |
Imperative
| you | flutter |
| we | Let's flutter |
| you | flutter |
Verbs conjugated like 'flutter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flutter'
clutter,
flatter,
flitter,
fluster,
futter,
beflutter,
blatter,
bluiter,
bluster,
butter,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
floterian "float to and fro, be tossed by waves," freq. of
fleotan "to fleet" (see fleet (n.)).
2. From Middle English floteren, from Old English floterian, flotorian (“to float about, flutter”), from Proto-Germanic *flutrōną, frequentative of Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), equivalent to float + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with West Frisian flodderje (“to flutter, beat”), Dutch flodderen (“to flutter, wave”), Low German fluttern, fluddern (“to flutter”), German flittern (“to sparkle, glitter”). More at float. See: Middle English '
floteren', Old English '
floterian', Proto-Germanic '
*flutōną', Dutch '
flodderen', Low Saxon 'fluttern', German, old spelling '
flittern'.
Verbs referencing "flutter"
German, old spelling
flittern, Cimbrian vludaran.
Sample Sentences
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[...] a sharp and cheerful sound beneath the lightest tread, was irresistible. And when, again upon the shore, we turned and saw from the vessel 's mast her name signalled in flags of joyous colours, and fluttering by their side the beautiful American banner with its stars and stripes,—the long three thousand miles and more, and, longer still, the six whole months of absence, so dwindled and faded, that the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] at both ends. In the centre of the carriage there is usually a stove, fed with charcoal or anthracite coal; which is for the most part red-hot. It is insufferably close; and you see the hot air fluttering between yourself and any other object you may happen to look at, like the ghost of smoke.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] Riviere, as brave and beautiful a boat as ever walked the waters of her namesake river, was floating gayly down the stream, under a brilliant sky, the stripes and stars of free America waving and fluttering over head; the guards crowded with well-dressed ladies and gentlemen walking and enjoying the delightful day. All was full of life, buoyant and rejoicing; — all but Haley's gang, who were stored, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] members of various ‘Washington Auxiliary Temperance Societies; ’ and was marshalled by officers on horseback, who cantered briskly up and down the line, with scarves and ribbons of bright colours fluttering out behind them gaily. There were bands of music too, and banners out of number: and it was a fresh, holiday-looking concourse altogether.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] up to the sturdy chorus ‘Cheerily men, oh cheerily ! ’ and she followed proudly in the towing steamboat 's wake: but bravest and most gallant of all, when the tow-rope being cast adrift, the canvas fluttered from her masts, and spreading her white wings she soared away upon her free and solitary course.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] they rolled and leaped and dived around the vessel; or those small creatures ever on the wing, the Mother Carey 's chickens, which had borne us company from New York bay, and for a whole fortnight fluttered about the vessel 's stern. For some days we had a dead calm, or very light winds, during which the crew amused themselves with fishing, and hooked an unlucky dolphin, who expired, in all his [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] smoothing the sheets, patting out every wrinkle, and exhibiting, through the whole process, a gravity and seriousness with which her instructress was greatly edified. By an unlucky slip, however, a fluttering fragment of the ribbon hung out of one of her sleeves, just as she was finishing, and caught Miss Ophelia's attention. Instantly, she pounced upon it. “ What's this ? You naughty, wicked child,—you [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] men are lower even than animals. Their coarse, dark, heavy features; their great eyes, rolling enviously on each other; their barbarous, guttural, half-brute intonation; their dilapidated garments fluttering in the wind,—were all in admirable keeping with the vile and unwholesome character of everything about the place.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)