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flutter about and flutter around 1. Lit. to fly about with quick, flapping motions of the wings. The moths fluttered about aimlessly. A few birds fluttered around. 2. Fig. [for someone] to move about quickly and busily. Aunt Margaret fluttered about, picking up after everyone. Stop fluttering around and sit down! See also: flutter flutter about something and flutter around something 1. Lit. to fly around something or some place. The moths were fluttering about the lightbulb. The butterflies fluttered around the bright flowers. 2. Fig. to keep moving busily within a particular place. The maid fluttered about the house, dusting and arranging. She fluttered around the house from room to room. See also: flutter How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She liked to stretch out on the window sill and let the curtains flirt and flutter around her. Every now and then, a giant blue Morphos butterfly would flutter around the tram, so bright and iridescent it appeared to be lit by a spotlight. Some people who work in education and those of us who flutter around it already have an idea of what these new qualifications are about. |
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