(intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
flags fluttering in the wind
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(intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
A bird flutters its wings.
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(intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
This was the first time that Nosenko had been subjected to a lie detector — or what the CIA called fluttering. The Soviet Union did not use such devices for interrogation.
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