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Collocations for flutter - noun

1. quick, light movement

ADJECTIVE

little

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VERB + flutter

give
His heart gave a little flutter as the ladder slipped a couple of inches.

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PREPOSITION

flutter of
a flutter of her eyelashes

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2. state of nervous excitement

VERB + flutter

feel
She felt a flutter of excitement.
cause

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PREPOSITION

in a flutter
They arrived in a flutter.
flutter of
a flutter of excitement

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Collocations for flutter - verb

Flutter is used with these nouns as the subject:
banner, bat, bird, butterfly, cloak, curtain, eyelash, eyelid, flag, heart, paper, sail, snowflake, wing

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Flutter is used with these nouns as the object:
eyelash, wing

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