1.A performer on the flute; a flautist.
2.To move with quick vibrations or undulations; as, a sail flutters in the wind; a fluttering fan.
3.To move about briskly, irregularly, or with great bustle and show, without much result. " No rag, no scrap, of all the beau, or wit, That once so fluttered, and that once so writ."
4.To be in agitation; to move irregularly; to flucttuate; to be uncertainty. " Long we fluttered on the wings of doubtful success." " His thoughts are very fluttering and wandering."