flute | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: transverse flute |
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(noun) a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) | Synonyms: fluting |
(noun) a tall narrow wineglass | Synonyms: champagne flute, flute glass |
(verb) form flutes in | - |
fluting | (noun) a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) | Synonyms: flute |
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flutist | (noun) someone who plays the flute | Synonyms: flautist, flute player |
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flutter | (noun) the act of moving back and forth | Synonyms: flicker, waver |
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(noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flap, flapping, fluttering |
(noun) abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block | - |
(noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult | Synonyms: commotion, disruption, disturbance, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do |
(verb) wink briefly | Synonyms: bat |
(verb) beat rapidly | Synonyms: palpitate |
(verb) move back and forth very rapidly | Synonyms: flicker, flitter, quiver, waver |
(verb) move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart | Synonyms: dart, fleet, flit |
(verb) flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements | - |
fluttering | (noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flap, flapping, flutter |
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