different between ado vs flutter

English

Etymology

From Northern Middle English at do (“to do”), infinitive of do, don (“to do”), see do. Influenced by an Old Norse practice of marking the infinitive by using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå (“to go”)). More at at, do.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??du?/

Noun

ado (uncountable)

1. trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i^[1]:

     Antonio:

     In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.

     It wearies me; you say it wearies you;

     But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,

     What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,

     I am to learn;

     And such a wantwit sadness makes of me,

     That I have much ado to know myself.

   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience:

     Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ado or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. “I am no such thing,” it would say; “I am myself, myself alone.”

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:commotion

Usage notes

Ado is mostly used in set phrases, such as without further ado or much ado about nothing.

Translations

References

• ado in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• AOD, DAO, DOA, Dao, ODA, Oda, dao, oad, oda

Afar

Alternative forms

• (Southern dialects) aadó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??do/
• Hyphenation: a?do

Noun

adó f 

1. (Northern dialects) generation
2. (Northern dialects) era

Declension

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) , “ado”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

Clipping of adolescent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.do/

Noun

ado m or f (plural ados)

1. (colloquial) teen, teenager

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

ado

1. second-person singular aorist active of dad?ti (“to give”)

Sidamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ado/

Noun

ado f

1. milk

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 62

English

Etymology

From Middle English floteren, from Old English floterian, flotorian (“to float about, flutter”), from Proto-Germanic *flutr?n?, frequentative of Proto-Germanic *flut?n? (“to float”), equivalent to float +? -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Low German fluttern, fluddern (“to flutter”), German flittern, Dutch fladderen; also Albanian flutur (“butterfly”). More at float.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fl?t?/, [?fl???]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fl?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?(?)

Verb

flutter (third-person singular simple present flutters, present participle fluttering, simple past and past participle fluttered)

1. (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
2. (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
3. (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
4. (transitive) To cause something to flap.

5. (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
6. (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
7. (intransitive, obsolete) To be frivolous.

Translations

Noun

flutter (countable and uncountable, plural flutters)

1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
   • c. 1838, Richard Monckton Milnes, The Forest

     the chirp and flutter of some single bird

2. A state of agitation.

   • flutter of spirits

   • 1900, Henry James, The Soft Side The Third Person Chapter 3

     Their visitor was an issue - at least to the imagination, and they arrived finally, under provocation, at intensities of flutter in which they felt themselves so compromised by his hoverings that they could only consider with relief the fact of nobody's knowing.

3. An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
4. (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in structural failure.
5. (Britain) A small bet or risky investment.
   • 30 July, 2009, Eurosport, Gray Matter: How will Schu do?

     So with his victory odds currently at 14/1 or 3/1 for the podium, he's still most certainly well worth a flutter […]

6. A hasty game of cards or similar.
7. (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.

Derived terms

• aflutter
• flutter in the dovecote
• flutterby
• fluttersome
• fluttery

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