flute
- n a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
- n a tall narrow wineglass
- n a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
- v form flutes in
fluting
- n a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
- v form flutes in
flutter
- n the act of moving back and forth
- n abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- n a disorderly outburst or tumult
- n the motion made by flapping up and down
- v move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- v move back and forth very rapidly
- v flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
The seagulls fluttered overhead - v beat rapidly
- v wink briefly