- flap, flutter, wave
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English-Klingon dictionary. 2009.
flap, flutter, wave
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wave — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. wag, shake, sway, flutter, stream (in the wind); signal, motion, gesture, indication; roll, undulate; ripple, swell, billow, flood, surge; flaunt, flourish. n. sea, tide, water, ripple, billow, etc.,… … English dictionary for students
flutter — /ˈflʌtə / (say flutuh) verb (i) 1. to flap or wave lightly in air, as a flag. 2. (of birds, etc.) to flap or attempt to flap the wings, or fly with flapping movements. 3. to move in quick, irregular motions. 4. to beat fast and irregularly, as… …
flutter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. flicker, tremble, flap, shake, whip, wave; bustle, fidget, twitter, quiver; agitate, ruffle; hover. See agitation, oscillation, fear. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. flap, ripple, tremble; see shake 1 , wave… … English dictionary for students
flap — 1. verb 1) the mallards flapped their wings Syn: beat, flutter, agitate, vibrate, wag, thrash, flail 2) the flag flapped in the breeze Syn: flutter, wave, fly, blow … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
flap — n 1. tab, tail, lap, lug; leaf, skirt, apron, overhang, loop. 2. flapping, swinging, flutter; wave, undulation. 3. slap, whack, swat, smack, thwack, thump, bump; hit, swipe, flail, rap, pat, clap, tap. v 4. slap, swat, bat, whip, lash, lambaste,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
flutter — 1. verb a) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly. flags fluttering in the wind b) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without … Wiktionary
flap — [n1] winged or extended part of an object accessory, adjunct, appendage, apron, cover, drop, fly, fold, hanging, lapel, lobe, lug, overlap, pendant, pendulosity, ply, queue, skirt, strip, tab, tag, tail, tippet; concepts 471,824 flap [n2]… … New thesaurus
flutter — [v] wave rapidly, flap agitate, bat, beat, dance, drift, flicker, flit, flitter, flop, fluctuate, hover, lop, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, quaver, quiver, ripple, ruffle, shake, shiver, swing, throb, tremble, vibrate, wiggle, wobble; concepts… … New thesaurus
wave — [n] sea surf, current bending, billow, breaker, coil, comber, convolution, corkscrew, crest, crush, curl, curlicue, drift, flood, foam, ground swell, gush, heave, influx, loop, movement, outbreak, rash, ridge, ripple, rippling, rocking, roll,… … New thesaurus
flutter — [flut′ər] vi. [ME floteren < OE flotorian, freq. of flotian < base of fleotan: see FLEET2] 1. to flap the wings rapidly, as in short flight or without flying at all 2. to wave or vibrate rapidly and irregularly [a flag fluttering in the… … English World dictionary
flutter — 1. verb 1) butterflies fluttered around Syn: flit, hover, flitter, dance 2) a tern was fluttering its wings Syn: flap, move up and down, beat, quiver, agitate, vibrate, whiffle 3) … Thesaurus of popular words
