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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

펄럭이다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: peolleogida

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flutter/ˈflʌt.ər/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"정원에서 나비가 펄럭이고 있었다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To move or flap quickly and lightly.

    "The butterfly began to flutter around the garden."
As noun
  1. 1

    A quick, light movement or flapping.

    "There was a flutter of excitement in the crowd."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'floterian', meaning to float, drift, or flutter, related to Old Norse 'flötra'. It evolved through Middle English to describe quick, irregular flapping motions resembling the flight of small winged creatures.

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