fluttering


fluttering (http://definr.com/fluttering)

     adj 1: moving rapidly and lightly to and fro as of or with wings;
            "fluttering birds"; "the flittering wings of a
            fledgling" [syn: flittering]
     2: streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current
        of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "a
        fluttering scarf"; "flying banners"; "flags waving in the
        breeze" [syn: aflare, flaring, flying, waving]
     3: having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "a fluttering
        heartbeat"; "palpitant movements rather than violent
        eruptions"; "my palpitating heart" [syn: palpitant, palpitating]
     n : the motion made by flapping up and down [syn: flap, flapping,
          flutter]