flute around
C1 informal intransitive
In simple words
Go around in a relaxed, breezy way without a clear purpose.
Literal meaning: To move around as if playing a flute — lightly and with a musical quality.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
informal
To move around in a light, airy, and aimless way, often with an air of casual elegance.
"She spent the afternoon fluting around the garden, humming to herself and picking flowers."
Usage notes
Extremely rare and largely dialectal or literary. Not listed in major learner dictionaries. May derive from the light, airy quality associated with flute music. Used occasionally in British English to describe someone moving or behaving in an effortlessly breezy or slightly vain manner.
Commonly used with
house room party place garden
Forms
Base
flute around
I/you/we/they
3rd person
flutes around
he/she/it
Past simple
fluted around
yesterday
Past participle
fluted around
have + pp
-ing form
fluting around
continuous
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