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1 flutter
A n1 ( rapid movement) (of wings, lashes) battement m ; (of leaves, papers) voltigement m ; (of flags, bunting) flottement m ; with a flutter of her eyelashes d'un battement de cils ; heart flutter Med palpitations fpl cardiaques ;2 ( stir) a flutter of excitement/panic un surcroît d'excitation/de panique ; to be all in ou of a flutter GB être tout en émoi ; to cause a flutter causer l'émoi ;3 ○ GB ( bet) to have a flutter on the horses faire un petit pari aux courses ; she likes the odd flutter elle aime bien parier de temps en temps ; to have a flutter on the Stock Exchange faire une spéculation à la Bourse ;B vtr1 ( beat) the bird/moth fluttered its wings l'oiseau/le papillon de nuit battait des ailes ;2 ( move) agiter [fan, handkerchief] ; to flutter one's eyelashes (at sb) battre des cils (en regardant qn).C vi1 ( beat) the bird's wings still fluttered l'oiseau battait encore des ailes ;2 ( fly rapidly) voleter ;3 ( move rapidly) [flag, bunting, ribbons] flotter ; [clothes, curtains, fans, hand] s'agiter ; [eyelids, lashes] battre ; flags fluttered in the breeze/above the streets/from the mast des drapeaux flottaient au vent/au-dessus des rues/sur le mât ; -
2 flutter
flutter [ˈflʌtər]a. [flag] flotter ; [bird, moth, butterfly] voleterb. [person] papillonnerc. [heart] palpiter* * *['flʌtə(r)] 1.1) (of wings, lashes) battement m; (of leaves, papers) voltigement m; ( of bunting) flottement mheart flutter — Medicine palpitations fpl cardiaques
2) ( stir)a flutter of — un surcroît de [excitement]
to be all of a flutter — GB être tout en émoi
3) (colloq) GB ( bet)4) Electricity ( in sound) pleurage m2.transitive verb1) ( beat)2) ( move) agiter [fan, handkerchief]3.1) ( beat) [bird] battre des ailes2) ( fly rapidly) voleter3) ( move rapidly) [flag] flotter; [clothes, curtains, fans] s'agiter; [eyelids, lashes] battre4) (also flutter down) [leaves] tomber en voltigeant5) ( beat irregularly) [heart] palpiter ( with de); [pulse] battre faiblement
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