Past tense of flutter
regular verb
The past tense of flutter is fluttered. The past participle is also fluttered.
Forms of flutter
| Base form (V1) | flutter /ˈflʌtə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | fluttered |
| Past participle (V3) | fluttered |
| Present participle | fluttering |
| Third person singular | flutters |
Fluttered in a sentence
- Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Council with the Munchkins”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge]...
- When we made eye contact, my heart fluttered and chills ran down my spine.From the entry chills
- My heart fluttered like a kaleidoscope of butterflies, accompanied by an ocean of joyful tears.2026, Lyndon Fitzgerald Harris, Forgiveness at Ground Zero: A Journey of Service, Loss, and Redemption After 9/11, Bloomsbury Publishing…. From the entry kaleidoscope
- Her heart fluttered, then stilled when May snapped the image away and her voice brittled.2020, Alys Murray, The Magnolia Sisters. From the entry brittle
- Lady Mary – the Queen's handmaiden – was Ser Gawain's lady; her veil fluttered from his shoulder.2014 January 16, Miles Cameron, The Fell Sword, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry ser
Meaning of flutter
- verb To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- verb Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- verb To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
Questions about the past tense of flutter
- What is the past tense of flutter?
- The past tense of flutter is fluttered.
- What is the past participle of flutter?
- The past participle of flutter is fluttered.
- Is flutter a regular or irregular verb?
- Flutter is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flutter (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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